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Bunbury, Margaret Richardson, b. 1795
Lady Bunbury brought with her from Ireland a noted passion for such gentle pursuits as embroidery, sketching, specimen collecting and visiting. Her residence, Charterhouse at ...
Richardson-Bunbury, Margaret, b. 1795
Lady Margaret Richardson-Bunbury was born in 1795. She was an embroiderer and garden designer. Lady Richardson-Bunbury formed the first Western Australian branch of the British ...
Manning, Emily Armit, b. 1853
Emily Armit Manning was born in 1853. She was taught embroidery by the nuns at St Joseph's Convent Fremantle.
Richardson, Maude Rose, b. 1879
Maude Rose Richardson was born in 1879. With her friends Alma Pericles and Mrs W. E. Stephenson, she formed the West Australian Women Painters and ...
Booth, Jessica, b. 1885
A painter and acclaimed weaver, Jessica Booth was a member of the NSW Society of Arts and Crafts for over four decades. In the late ...
Ridley, Marjorie Alice, b. 1897
Painter and basket-weaver. Charles Hamilton wrote of her 1939 exhibition work, "A most interesting exhibit of articles made from Guildford grass by Miss M. A ...
Fimister, Jeanne, b. 1900
Jeanne Fimister exhibited weaving with the Western Australian Women's Society of Fine Arts and Craft in 1950.
Rolland, Norma Maria, b. 1906
Embroiderer and weaver, Rolland set up a studio in Western Australian where she wove tweeds, lampshades, bright-coloured woollen knee-rugs, vividly coloured linen tablemats, guest towels ...
Carter, Thelma, b. 1910
Thelma Carter (1910-1995) was a Gurnai fibre artist who lived in east Gippsland, Victoria.
Hudson, Helen Leslie, b. 1915
Amateur artist who worked in oils, watercolour, charcoal and pencil. Based at "The Studio", Harkaway, VIC - formerly the Studio of Jessie Traill
Hart, Connie, b. 1917
Highly regarded Gunditjmara basket weaver and community elder who began weaving in her 60s and facilitated the regeneration of localised Victorian Indigenous weaving practices. Self-taught ...
Rosenstengel, Paula, b. 1920
Paula Rosenstengel had an artistic upbringing but her production of works on paper did not extend much beyond the 1940s, however, she experimented with weaving ...
Gabori, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally, b. 1924
As with other Kaiadilt women, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori wove grass nets and carved coolamons for many years before she began to paint. Her first ...
Grafton, Margaret, b. 1930
English born, Sydney resident artist known for metal weaving
Pereira Maia, Veronica, b. 1930
Marfura, Patsy, b. 1932
Indigenous artist Patsy Marfura is a Ngangiwumerri speaker who lives at Peppimenarti and works through Durrmu Arts, the Peppimenarti Community art program.
Hessing, Mona, b. 1933
Late 20th century textile artist and weaver.
Rupert, Nura, b. 1933
Nura Rupert is a long-time member of Ernabella Arts Inc. She travelled to the Edinburgh Festival in 2001 to present 'Milpatjunanyi - Telling Stories in ...
Woods, Tjayanka, b. 1935
Senior Pitjantjatjara painter, carver and weaver based in Irrunytju whose paintings often depict aspects of the Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Sister Dreaming).
Maynard, Muriel, b. 1937
Trawlwoolway artist born on Cape Barren Island who takes an experimental approach to the Aboriginal traditions of basket weaving and shell necklace making.