Paddy Roe

Who is Paddy Roe?

Paddy Roe, also known as Lulu was an Aboriginal Elder of the Goolarabooloo tribe of the Nyigina ethnic group in Australia. He was an author who won the Western Australian Week Literary Award in 1985, and was short-listed for the National Book Council Award in 1983, and the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award in 1985. He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal. He has collaborated on works such as Gularabulu, Stories from the West Kimberley and others.

Paddy Roe was born, and grew up on Roebuck Plains Station, near Broome. He worked as a drover and also a windmill repairer around the Kimberly.