Thelma Afford b. December 1908

Also known as Thelma May Thomas
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer),
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Costume designer, performer, actor and fashion journalist with a practice from Broken Hill, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. She also designed costumes for early Australian TV drama. She later became the senior art mistress at Queenwood, a private girls' school, Mosman NSW. She is to considered to have introduced art subjects into South Australian schools.
associate of
Charles Chauvel
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associate of
George Bell
Artist
associate of
Pierre Fornari
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child of
William James Thomas
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child of
née Henderson Ethel Thomas
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spouse of
Max Afford
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associate of
Elsa Chauvel
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associate of
J. C. Williamson
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associate of
Doris Fitton
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associate of
Ken Hall
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associate of
Loma Kyle Turnbull Lautour
1908
Artist, Artist (Sculptor)