Australian Company Sold Fake Aboriginal Art, Watchdog Group Says

Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.06.09

An Aboriginal art wholesaler and retailer is being sued for allegedly selling works purported to be of Aboriginal origin when actually they were from Indonesia.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is bringing a lawsuit against the Australian Dreamtime Creations Pty Ltd in federal court in Adelaide for selling pieces to retail outlets claiming that they were painted by a person of Aboriginal descent named Ubanoo Brown.

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Gallery: Australian Dreamtime Creations
Contact: Tony Antoniou
Email: dream3@optusnet.com.au
Telephone: +61 8 83311577
Address: 363 Portrush Road Toorak Gardens Adelaide 5065 SA

 

 

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