Mickey of Ulladulla

{{Short description|(1820–1891) Aboriginal artist}}

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{{Infobox artist

| name = Mickey of Ulladulla

| birth_date = 1820

| birth_place = south coast of New South Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1891|1820}}

| nationality = Australian

| known_for = Artistic works

}}

File:Mickey OF ULLADULLA - Yuin, Dhurga peoples - not titled (Corroboree) - Google Art Project.jpg.]]

Mickey of Ulladulla (1820–1891), also known as "Micky the Cripple", was an Aboriginal Australian artist most famous for drawings of Australian scenes and culture.{{Cite book |last=Sayers |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsiib-Hi5sQC&dq=%22Mickey+of+Ulladulla%22&pg=PA75 |title=Australian art |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2001 |isbn=9780192842145 |publication-date=2001 |pages=75}}

Typically his drawings were made in the style of line drawings and wash.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T83SCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mickey+of+Ulladulla%22&pg=PA81 |title=Knowledge of Life: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2015 |editor-last=Price |editor-first=Kaye |pages=81|isbn=978-1-107-47742-1 }} Most of his artworks were created with pencils, crayons, and watercolours, and typically depicted scenes of animals, fish, plants, and Australian aboriginal people.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Keith Vincent |date=2011 |title=Mickey of Ulladulla b. c.1825 |url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/version_history/mickey-of-ulladulla/biography/?p=2&revision_no=1 |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=Design and Art Australia Online}} Some academics have argued that his artworks could constitute as an attempt to document the ongoing colonialism of Ulladulla.{{Cite book |last=Hume |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRYiAQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mickey+of+Ulladulla%22&pg=PA109 |title=Tourism Art and Souvenirs: The Material Culture of Tourism |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2013 |isbn=9781135038236 |pages=109}}

After his death, some of his artworks were displayed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, the earliest known mention of his existence is located in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.

Currently his drawings can be found in the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the State Library of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Australia, and the National Library of Australia.{{Cite news |last=Sayers |first=Andrew |date=2005 |title=Mickey of Ulladulla (1820–1891) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mickey-of-ulladulla-13098 |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}