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Carrolup, Cooper continued painting into adulthood. After leaving school in 1951 he was briefly engaged as a commercial artist in Perth before moving back to Carrolup to work as a farm worker and railway fettler.
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Victorian Aborigines Advancement League Cooper was a frequent exhibitor in Victorian galleries. His use of landscapes had by this stage become his signature style.
186:. The jury strongly recommended mercy, and the judge told Cooper that alcohol "is the source of your trouble" and sentenced him to four years imprisonment. This was the first of a string of jail terms.
235:(now lost) for the restoration of the Sacred Heart Church in Mount Barker. He served as a teacher for a group of artists at Fremantle Prison including Goldie Kelly and Swag Taylor.
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and overseas in India. Through the intervention of
English woman Florence Rutter, the paintings were exhibited in New Zealand and in Europe. In 1952 his work appeared in
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In 1952 Cooper was tried for the murder of Jimmy Dee Long near
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609:"Man killed with jack, court told"
446:"Youthful Art, Aboriginal History"
223:in 1976 he was the illustrator of
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511:"Native Guilty of Manslaughter".
471:"Aboriginal artist shows promise"
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114:. He was a prominent member of a
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