Don’t be a flamin’ galah and copy any of these tattoos – get your own design or Alf Stewart will come for you!
A bird of many names, this pink and grey coloured cockatoo species is more commonly referred to as a galah – a named derived from the Yuwaalaraay word gilaa. Since their introduction to Tasmania, galahs are now found all across Australia.
To refer to someone as a galah is to say that they’re an idiot or a fool. The phrase “flamin’ galah” is synonymous with the character, Alf Stewart on the Australian television soap opera Home and Away.
Wanting a galah tattoo doesn’t make you a fool, but choosing the wrong tattooist or copying the tattoos below sure will!
The Tattooed Archivist 
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