Lee Darroch b. 1957

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Weaver),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
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 the East Gippsland, Victoria. She was chosen as one of the Australian delegates for the 2008 Festival of Pacific Arts in American Samoa.
creator of
Rugs

Series of large rugs – TSAR Rugs.

 
creator of
Ngurraiilam

Yorta Yorta baby cloak, Welcome Wall, Melbourne Museum foyer, VIC

 
creator of
Glass Wall Panels

Oxfam Foyer, Melbourne, VIC

 
creator of
Bidja Stone

public artwork at the entrance of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Burnley complex, VIC.

 
creator of
Echuca biganga

possum skin cloak held in the Melbourne Museum, VIC (2008)

 
creator of
Thanampool kooramook, gunya winyarr

possum skin cloak on display in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (2008)

 
creator of
Koori Justice Calendar
Date

Commissioned by the Victorian Department of Justice.

 
creator of
Birrarung Wilam Commemorative Place
Date
URL
http://www.sounddesign.unimelb.edu.au/web/biogs/P000595b.htm

with Treahna Hamm and Vicki Couzens

 
creator of
Six possum skin cloaks
Date

6 cloaks made for 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, working across five language groups of Gunai/Kurnai and the Bidawal peoples. Cloaks held in Bairnsdale Keeping Place (2008).

 
creator of
Reproduction of 1853 Yorta Yorta Possum Skin Cloak
Date

co created with Treahna Hamm and now in the collection of the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

 
creator of
A Possum Skin Cloak for My Sisters
Date
URL
http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=124018
 
creator of
Bunjilaka Bag
Date
URL
http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=124017
 
creator of
A Possum Skin Cloak for My Brothers
Date
URL
http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=124319