A Man Called Yarra

I’m a Wathaurong man. I’m an artist who draws on life in this big red and yellow and black country.

Stan “Yarra” Yarramunua: artist, musician, actor, social worker, businessman.

From growing up in poverty in Swan Hill – and sometimes on the road, with his itinerant father – Yarra had a tumultuous and often rough childhood. He learnt early how to lift a wallet or two, and grew into a ratbag who looked set to follow in his father’s footsteps: fall into one too many skirmishes with the law; ...