Bessie Mabel Rischbieth b. 16 October 1874

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
An early activist for womens' rights, a theosophist and life long feminist, Bessie Mabel Rischbieth was a well known figure in Perth. Her early training in the arts was later replaced with a passion for writing.
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Name
Bessie Mabel Rischbieth
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Other Occupation
  • Justice of the Peace (ANZSIC code: 7540)
Birth date
16 October 1874
Birth place
Burra, South Australia
Death date
13 March 1967
Death place
Perth, Western Australia
Active Period
  • 1905 - 1967
Residence
  • 1904 - 1967 Unalla, Peppermint Grove, Perth, Western Australia
  • 1899 - 1904 Perth, Western Australia
  • c.1884 - c.1898 Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia
  • c.1884 Adelaide, South Australia
  • c.1874 Burra, South Australia
Training
  • Advanced School for Girls, Adelaide, SA
  • c.1884 - c.1898 Miss Stanton's School, Glenelg, Adelaide, SA
  • 1905 Perth Technical School, Perth, WA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

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References [<ExternalResource: (September 1948), 'Milady', Volume 1, Numberv 3, .>, <ExternalResource: (June 1967), 'Dawn Special Number: In Memoriam Bessie Mabel Rischbieth', Order of the British Empire Justice of the Peace [newsletter], .>, <ExternalResource: Daniels, K.M.; Murnane, M.; & Picot, A. (eds.) (1977), 'Women in Australia', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Lutton, Nancy, 'Bessie Rischbieth OBE: An oral history study', Early Days (Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Western Australia), Volume 9, Number 1.>, <ExternalResource: Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Art and Design in Western Australia: Perth Technical College 1900-2000', Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Lutton, Nancy (1988), 'Bessie Rischbieth', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, [Serle, G. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Ogilvie, June (1988), 'Bessie Rischbieth', 200 Australian Women, [Radi, Heather (ed.)], Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: White, Kate (1979), 'Bessie Rischbieth the feminist', Westralian Portraits, [Lyall, Hunt (ed.)], Nedlands, WA.>, <ExternalResource: (2004), 'Rischbieth Correspondence', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (Manuscript).>] [<ExternalResource: (September 1948), 'Milady', Volume 1, Numberv 3, .>, <ExternalResource: (June 1967), 'Dawn Special Number: In Memoriam Bessie Mabel Rischbieth', Order of the British Empire Justice of the Peace [newsletter], .>]