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Lawrance, Elizabeth, b. 1844
Embroiderer, worked a sampler at Adelaide in 1851 and sent it to her English grandparents, which includes their names, and their six children. She lived ...
Steffanoni, Sarah Ann, b. 1844
Sarah Ann Steffanoni was a gold bullion embroiderer, born in Warwick, England, who moved with her family, along with the Fairfax family to Sydney, Australia ...
Sherwood, Caroline Lydia, b. 1845
A beautiful silk and lace wedding handkerchief made by Sherwood around 1920 is in the Rockingham Museum.
Twynam, Emily Rose, b. 1845
Sketcher, designer and carver. Her numerous works are now owned by the National Trust (NSW).
Berry, Janet, b. 1849
An embroidered work by 19th century craftworker Janet Berry is held in the Mitchell Library collection. Printed on silk and embroidered, it features a map ...
Courthope, Annie Harriet, b. 1850
Annie Harriet Courthope was born in 1850. She was embroiderer who was the eldest daughter of Edward Lane Courthope, Auditor General of the Colony of ...
Mault, Patty, b. 1850
Colonial female lace-maker whose Gothic revival style and Celtic interlacing title pages illuminated the names of Queen Victoria and Lady Smith, before bringing the Tasmanian ...
Ullathorne, Mary Emma, b. 1850
Francis Philomena Ullathorne was a member of the English Congregation of the Third Order of St Dominic who came to North Adelaide in 1883. Widely ...
Fothergill, Annie Elizabeth, b. 1855
Weir, Margaret B., b. 1856
Weir was a painter, art teacher and gifted needleworker, though she regarded this element of her artistic life as a hobby. A student at the ...
Mack, Maggie Pinkie, b. 1858
Weaver, singer and historian, collaborated with Ron and Catherine Berndt in their work of recording the old ways of the Yaraldi in 'A World That ...
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 ...
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Bate, Clara, b. 1859
Clara Bate (née Hughes), 1859-1914, was born in Bathurst, NSW. Created a double sized quilt, which she worked on throughout her life. The quilt was ...
Card, Mary, b. 1861
Designer and 'crochet pattern designer'. By 1917 Mary Card was a celebrity. In the early to mid 1920s Card moved to a small village outside ...
Todd, Sarah Squire, b. 1861
Wood-carver and needleworker, her artworks were included in the 1907 Exhibition of Women's Work at Melbourne, after studying at the Hobart Technical College. The inspiration ...
I'Anson, Jessie Rebecca, b. 1862
Accomplished South Australian lacemaker and needlewoman. I'Anson was widowed at 36, and used her skills to support herself and her family for the remainder of ...
Morris, May, b. 1862
embroiderer, wallpaper and fabric designer, she was the elder daughter of the English designer William Morris. Although she never came to Australia, she had a ...
Bell, Helen, b. 1863
Helen Bell was a painter and embroiderer who exhibited at several shows in Tasmania between 1879 and 1883.
McKail, Louisa M I, b. 1863
Roberts, Mary Ellen, b. 1866
A dressmaking and craft teacher vociferously committed to vocational training for women, Mary Roberts was a zealous teacher and curriculum designer at Sydney Technical College. ...