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Lennah Newson b. 24 July 1940

Also known as Lennah West

Artist (Weaver)

Palawa artist whose basketweaving practice was informed by her love of the beaches of Flinders Island, Tasmania, where she spent most of her childhood.

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Women Tasmania website (2006), 'Lennah (Aunty Lennah) Newson – Tasmanian Honour Role of Women’.
http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/cdd/women/leadership/tasmanian_honour_roll_of_women/inductees/lennah_aunty_lennah_newson
Department of Education, Tasmania (2004), ''Artists and Place’ Flash Presentation for education purposes’, url:, .
Blackwood, Fiona (reporter) (23 May 2003), '“Auntie Ida West tells us of about her life’s battles and triumphs” transcript’, Stateline Tasmania, ABC Online.
http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/tas/content/2003/s862685.htm
Barbara Pongratz (reporter) (12 September 2003), 'Vale Ida West’, ABC Stateline Tasmania.
http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/tas/content/2003/s945003.htm
Lehman, Greg; Croft, Brenda (curator) (2000), ''Beyond the Pale: Contemporary Indigenous Art’ catalogue, p. 29-33, 104’, Art Gallery Board of South Australia, Adelaide.
Newson, Lennah (2003), 'Artist’s Statement for “Tactility” exhibition’, National Gallery of Australia website.
http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/Tactility/Detail.cfm?IRN=122873

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Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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