Antonia Blaxland was born into a prominent Sydney family whose friends included the photographers Olive Cotton and Max Dupain. Blaxland worked as an apprentice with Dupain before establishing her own successful career as a professional photographer, capitalising on her family's connections to secure a range of high profile commissions that included interior designer Marion Best and Beatrice Bligh.
photographer, established a small Sydney photographic practice in 1951, at once assisted and contained by her familial position as the daughter of Helen and Gregory Blaxland.
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1995
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2011
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Automatic relation to Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW created because Ceramics and textiles on display in Marion Best Pty Ltd showroom, Queen Street Woollahra, 1956 / photographed by Antonia Blaxland was related to the same collection. -
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