Anne Benbow b. 11 November 1841

Also known as Annie Benbow, Anne Macdouall, Annie Macdouall
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Anne Benbow lived her entire life in Oyster Cove, Tasmania, much of it on an old Aboriginal reserve. Despite the fact that many of Benbow's works appear to have been created from idealised childhood memories, they nevertheless provide a unique insight into the kinds of relationships and encounters colonial settlers had with local Indigenous communities.
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Citations

  • Buscombe, Eve (1980), 'Portraits of the Aborigines’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Dutton, Geoffrey (1974), 'White on Black’, South Melbourne, Vic.

  • Buscombe, Eve (1977), 'Interviews with Mrs Maurice Glover and Sir William Crowther’, June.

  • Hebblethwaite, James (1913), 'The Channel Roads’, Lone Hand, 06-02.

See also

  • 'Heritage, chapter 3, plate 109'.

Initial data sources

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