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Noel wood was my great grandfather. In 1935 his wife bought the small island named Bedarra for 35 pounds. Bedarra is said to be the mother island of the family island groups. Bedarra is between Timana Island and Toolghar Island. Noel went to the Adelaide School of Arts and is an oil painter; he moved to the island and lived there for around sixtey years. One of his paintings is in the S.A Government house, the picture is ether of France or Portugal. Noel has painted pictures that have been taken up in art galleries in Australia, Great Britain and the U.S. he exhibited in San Francisco as well a Sydney and Melbourne, and for a year he worked in Hollywood in the film industry as an art director. In 1939 he was said to be the most successful painter of that year. Between 1947 and 1950 he went over and painted in London, Ireland and France.