Bella Kelly b. 14 January 1915

Also known as Isobel Kelly, Isobel Colbung
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Noongar Aboriginal landscape artist from Mount Barker who is strongly associated with the Carrolup school of artists. Well remembered and respected in the southwest, Great Southern and South Coast regions of Western Australia.
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Name
Bella Kelly
Also known as:
  • Isobel Kelly
  • Isobel Colbung
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • farm labourer
  • domestic
Birth date
14 January 1915
Birth place
Mount Barker, WA
Birth note
This date was supplied to the author by the artist's family. Many other sources cite Kelly's birthdate as being 1914.
Death date
1994
Death place
Perth, WA
Residence
  • Williams, WA
  • Katanning, WA
  • Narrogin, WA
  • Wagin, WA
  • Denmark, WA
  • Cranbrook, WA
  • Carrolup, WA
  • Mount Barker, WA
  • Albany, WA
  • Kojonup, WA
Training
  • largely self-taught.,
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Stirling Ranges, WA
  • Mount Barker, WA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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Related stub people
  • Narkle, Largie (spouse of)
  • Kelly, Henry (spouse of)
  • Brockman, Mina Bayla (child of)
  • Narkle, Jerry (grandparent of)
  • Kelly, Lorrice (parent of)
  • Narkle, Cheryl (parent of)
  • Colbung, Billy (child of)
Related stub person groups
  • Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation, Waterford, WA (associate of)
Related people
  • Kelly, Goldie (parent of)
  • Narkle, Geoffrey (parent of)
  • Narkle, Caroline (parent of)
  • Kelly, Greg (parent of)
  • Kelly, Simpson (parent of)
  • Colbung, Charlie (relative of)
Related works
  • Stirling Ranges (creator of)
  • Landscape (creator of)
  • Dawn Landscape (creator of)
  • Untitled (Southwest landscape) (creator of)
  • Bush Landscape (creator of)
Related collections
  • Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 1988 NAIDOC Aboriginal Artist of the Year (received)
Related events
  • Koorah Coolingah (Children Long Ago) (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1c8a3b538b73d930264ce')) (exhibited at)