Edna Walling b. 4 December 1896

  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
Early 20th Century landscape designer in the English tradition of Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson. Walling wrote many articles for a range of magazines and newspapers, she published four books illustrated with her own photographs, garden plans and dra
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Name
Edna Walling
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
Other Occupation
  • journalist and writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • landscape designer (ANZSIC code: 6921)
Birth date
4 December 1896
Birth place
Yorkshire, England, UK
Death date
8 August 1973
Arrival
  • 1914 (Melbourne, VIC)
Residence
  • c.1951- The Barn, Bickleigh estate, Mooroolbark, Victoria
  • c.1967- Buderim, Queensland
  • 1921 - 1951 'Sonning', Mooroolbark, Victoria (designed and built by Walling. Featured in her 1947 book 'Cottage and Garden in Australia'. )
  • 1911 - 1914 New Zealand
Training
  • 1916 - 1917 Burnley Horticultural College
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: Entry taken largely from Peter Watts (1991), 'Edna Walling and Her Gardens', 2nd edn, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Barbara Hall & Jenni Mather (1986), 'Australian Women Photographers 1840-1960', Richmond, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Watts, Peter, Information from, Heritage, section 8, plate 356.>]