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Barbara McGrady
Indigenous Australian photographer
Barbara McGrady (born ) is an Aboriginal Australian photographer and photojournalist based in Sydney, New South Wales.
She is the first Indigenous Australian photojournalist.
Early life and education
Barbara McGrady was born in in Mungindi, New South Wales.[1][2] She is a Gomeroi (Gamilaraay) and Murri woman,[1][3] from the north-west of NSW and southern Queensland.[4] Her aunts were removed from the family and sent to Cootamundra Girls' Home, while the men were sent to work as indentured labourers.[2]
McGrady started taking photos of her family and surroundings as a teenager with a camera her mother bought her.
Her fascination with photo journalism was sparked by black and white photographs of black sportsmen and sportswomen in magazines like Time and Life, National Geographic, Esquire and Reader's Digest.[5][3]
She trained as a s