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Gawler, Julia, b. 1824
At 14, Julia sketched a view of South Australia after her arrival in Australia in 1838.
Staff, Eliza, b. 1831
An accomplished young colonial woman, made use of her talents in practical ways during her very short life.
Baird, Kennedy Mackintosh, b. 1838
An amateur artist, Kennedy Baird produced both textile and watercolour works.
Twynam, Emily Rose, b. 1845
Sketcher, designer and carver. Her numerous works are now owned by the National Trust (NSW).
Reidy, Lilla, b. 1858
Lilla Reidy, sketcher and painter, exhibited regularly with the Victorian Artists' Society from 1895 to 1910. During the 1890s she worked at Charterisville with Emanuel ...
Conder, Charles, b. 1868
Painter Charles Conder is best known in Australia for his association with the Heidelberg School and his involvement with the famous 9 x 5 Impressions ...
Heap, Amy Elizabeth, b. 1874
Painter, illustrator, craftworker, photographer and commercial artist. During WWI and into the mid 1930's, Heap worked as a photographer and illustrator for Western Australian Newspapers.
Murch, Arthur James, b. 1902
Painter and sculptor, assistant to George Lambert, and in World War II the War artist who captured images of the bombed city of Darwin. Later ...
Monz, Elizabeth, b. 1908
Although Elizabeth Monz exhibited leather and pokerwork extensively throughout Brisbane and regional Queensland her pottery will preserve her memory. She was one of L.J. Harvey's ...
Fullarton, Nancy Edith, b. 1913
Mid 20th century Sydney and London painter, children's book illustrator, comic strip artist and ballet costume designer. Creator of Frisky the Rabbit.
Abbott Roberts, Mary Margaret, b. 1916
Mary Abbott Roberts, who also exhibited under her maiden name of Mary Abbott, was born in Quirindi in rural New South Wales and studied in ...
Abbott, Barbara, b. 1928
Sydney-based female sketcher, printmaker and textile artist who passed her final assessment in art school by completing an Aboriginal reference workbook she started in her ...
Mora, Mirka Madeleine, b. 1928
Mirka Mora’s joyeous experimental art gave a bohemian flavour to Melbourne life, both with her former husband, the resistance fighter and restaurateur Georges, and then ...
Galley, Cynthia Dowler, b. 1932
Contemporary Adelaide cartoonist, painter and humorous writer, Gallery wrote and illustrated "Wattle Scrub and Sandhill Days", a narrative in comic verse about childhood days.
Lawrence, Kay, b. 1947
One of Australia’s pre-eminent tapestry and textile artists, Kay Lawrence was named a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 for her embroidery in ...
Cooley, Peter, b. 1956
Painter, ceramist,carpet designer, illustrator. Illustrated the autobiography of reformed Aboriginal prisoner and alcoholic 'Koorie Dhoulagarle', There's More to Life.
Darroch, Lee, b. 1957
Lee Darroch is a well known and respected possum skin cloak maker from Victoria. Her home base is Gragin, otherwise known as Raymond Island, in ...
Giles, Kerry, b. 1959
Giles worked as an artist, activist and curator. She has many accolades to her name, including the South Australian Aboriginal Artist of the Year Award ...
Couzens, Vicki, b. 1960
Kirrae Wurrong/Gunditjmara artist based in Warrnambool in western Victoria whose work encompasses painting, installation, mixed media, sculpture, printmaking and public art. Couzens is most well ...