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Name
Linda Jackson
Also known as Opalinda
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Maker (Jewellery Designer)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Writer
Birth date
1950
Birth place
Melbourne, VIC
Active Period
  • 1969-
Residence
  • 2009 Mossman, North QLD
  • 2000 - 2008 Port Douglas, QLD
  • Arnhem Land, NT
  • Alice Springs, NT
  • 1974 - 1994 Sydney, NSW
  • 1969 - 1970 Madang, New Guinea
  • 1950 - 1968 Melbourne, VIC
Training
  • 1980 Red Centre, NT
  • 1972 Paris, France
  • 1970 - 1971 Bali and Thailand
  • 1969 New Guinea
  • 1966 - 1968 Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, VIC
  • Fashion design, 1966 - 1968 Emily McPherson College, R.M.I.T, Melbourne, VIC (http://www.rmit.edu.au/)
  • 1963 - 1965 Mentone Girls High School, Melbourne, VIC
Cultural Heritage
  • Irish
  • English
Languages
  • English

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Other occupations
  • Writer
  • Writer
Alternative names
  • Opalinda
  • Opalinda
Related people
  • Tully, Peter (associate of)
  • Bostock, Euphemia (associate of)
  • Walker, Ngadijina Wilma (associate of)
  • McDiarmid, David (associate of)
  • Cox, Paul (associate of)
  • Kee, Jenny (associate of)
  • Edith, (child of)
  • William, (child of)
  • Peter, (sibling of)
  • Moore, Fran (associate of)
  • Livingstone, Lydia (associate of)
  • Leslie, Lawrence (associate of)
  • Katie Pye, (associate of)
  • Shuan, Judy (associate of)
  • Perez, Francois (associate of)
  • Gool, Bruce (associate of)
  • Leser, Deborah (associate of)
  • Coffey, Gary (associate of)
  • Noakes, Phillip (associate of)
  • Tully, Peter (associate of)
  • Bostock, Euphemia (associate of)
  • Walker, Ngadijina Wilma (associate of)
  • McDiarmid, David (associate of)
  • Cox, Paul (associate of)
  • Kee, Jenny (associate of)
  • Edith, (child of)
  • William, (child of)
  • Peter, (sibling of)
  • Moore, Fran (associate of)
  • Livingstone, Lydia (associate of)
  • Leslie, Lawrence (associate of)
  • Katie Pye, (associate of)
  • Shuan, Judy (associate of)
  • Perez, Francois (associate of)
  • Gool, Bruce (associate of)
  • Leser, Deborah (associate of)
  • Coffey, Gary (associate of)
  • Noakes, Phillip (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Oroton (associate of)
  • Australia Day Council (associate of)
  • Daintree Eco Lodge (associate of)
  • Port Douglas Beach Resorts, Port Douglas, QLD (associate of)
  • Radisson Treetops Resorts, Port Douglas, QLD (associate of)
  • Giulians (associate of)
  • Myer Melbourne (associate of)
  • Neiman Marcus (associate of)
  • Tiwi Designs (associate of)
  • Nguiu on Bathurst Island community (associate of)
  • Yuendumu community (associate of)
  • Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) community (associate of)
  • Hermannsburg community (associate of)
  • Broome Women's Centre (associate of)
  • Santa Teresa community (associate of)
  • Wujal Wujal community (associate of)
  • Bima Wear (associate of)
  • Berta Opals (associate of)
  • Kuku Yalanji women of the Mossman area. (associate of)
  • Oroton (associate of)
  • Australia Day Council (associate of)
  • Daintree Eco Lodge (associate of)
  • Port Douglas Beach Resorts, Port Douglas, QLD (associate of)
  • Radisson Treetops Resorts, Port Douglas, QLD (associate of)
  • Giulians (associate of)
  • Myer Melbourne (associate of)
  • Neiman Marcus (associate of)
  • Tiwi Designs (associate of)
  • Nguiu on Bathurst Island community (associate of)
  • Yuendumu community (associate of)
  • Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) community (associate of)
  • Hermannsburg community (associate of)
  • Broome Women's Centre (associate of)
  • Santa Teresa community (associate of)
  • Wujal Wujal community (associate of)
  • Bima Wear (associate of)
  • Berta Opals (associate of)
  • Kuku Yalanji women of the Mossman area. (associate of)
Related works
  • Opal Eyes (creator of)
  • Fluorescent Black Opal (creator of)
  • Opal Goddess (creator of)
  • The Big Opal (creator of)
  • Lightning Ridge (creator of)
  • Africa (creator of)
  • Ayers Rock (creator of)
  • Olga George (creator of)
  • Ayers Rock and The Olgas (creator of)
  • The Olgas (creator of)
  • Ayers Rock (creator of)
  • Full Moon Over Ayers Rock, Central Australia (creator of)
  • Black Magic (creator of)
  • White Magic (creator of)
  • Aboriginal Beauty (creator of)
  • Desert Dress (creator of)
  • Twirling Coolamon (creator of)
  • Shields (creator of)
  • Rainbow Parrot (creator of)
  • Rainbow Gum Leaves (creator of)
  • Rainbow Stripes (creator of)
  • Magenta Rainbow (creator of)
  • Magenta Rainbow (creator of)
  • African Violet (creator of)
  • African Evening Ensemble (creator of)
  • Velvet Nights (creator of)
  • Black Banksia (creator of)
  • Blue Montains Waratah (creator of)
  • After the Fire (creator of)
  • Bush Fire (creator of)
  • Opal Bush (creator of)
  • Bush Gold (creator of)
  • Gum Leaf (creator of)
  • Tree Fairy (creator of)
  • Bush Spirit (creator of)
  • Gum Leaves (creator of)
  • Bark (creator of)
  • Gold Seaweed (creator of)
  • Seaweed (creator of)
  • Barrier Reef Seaweed (creator of)
  • Seaweed (creator of)
  • Linda and Sea (creator of)
  • Wildflowers Reflection (creator of)
  • Wildflowers Applique (creator of)
  • Twirling Wildflowers (creator of)
  • Delaunay Chiffon (creator of)
  • Abstract Patchwork (creator of)
  • The Black and White Disc (creator of)
  • Abstract Patchwork (creator of)
  • Rainbow Patchwork (creator of)
  • Black Opal Rainbow (creator of)
  • The Barrier Reef (creator of)
  • Scribbly Gums (creator of)
  • Follow Me (creator of)
  • Barcelona dress (creator of)
  • Sturt's Desert Pea cocktail dress (creator of)
  • Olga Goddess (creator of)
  • Organza Wildflowers (creator of)
  • Matisse (creator of)
  • Black Magic (creator of)
  • Waratah (creator of)
  • Desert River (creator of)
  • Opal Eyes (creator of)
  • Fluorescent Black Opal (creator of)
  • Opal Goddess (creator of)
  • The Big Opal (creator of)
  • Lightning Ridge (creator of)
  • Africa (creator of)
  • Ayers Rock (creator of)
  • Olga George (creator of)
  • Ayers Rock and The Olgas (creator of)
  • The Olgas (creator of)
  • Ayers Rock (creator of)
  • Full Moon Over Ayers Rock, Central Australia (creator of)
  • Black Magic (creator of)
  • White Magic (creator of)
  • Aboriginal Beauty (creator of)
  • Desert Dress (creator of)
  • Twirling Coolamon (creator of)
  • Shields (creator of)
  • Rainbow Parrot (creator of)
  • Rainbow Gum Leaves (creator of)
  • Rainbow Stripes (creator of)
  • Magenta Rainbow (creator of)
  • Magenta Rainbow (creator of)
  • African Violet (creator of)
  • African Evening Ensemble (creator of)
  • Velvet Nights (creator of)
  • Black Banksia (creator of)
  • Blue Montains Waratah (creator of)
  • After the Fire (creator of)
  • Bush Fire (creator of)
  • Opal Bush (creator of)
  • Bush Gold (creator of)
  • Gum Leaf (creator of)
  • Tree Fairy (creator of)
  • Bush Spirit (creator of)
  • Gum Leaves (creator of)
  • Bark (creator of)
  • Gold Seaweed (creator of)
  • Seaweed (creator of)
  • Barrier Reef Seaweed (creator of)
  • Seaweed (creator of)
  • Linda and Sea (creator of)
  • Wildflowers Reflection (creator of)
  • Wildflowers Applique (creator of)
  • Twirling Wildflowers (creator of)
  • Delaunay Chiffon (creator of)
  • Abstract Patchwork (creator of)
  • The Black and White Disc (creator of)
  • Abstract Patchwork (creator of)
  • Rainbow Patchwork (creator of)
  • Black Opal Rainbow (creator of)
  • The Barrier Reef (creator of)
  • Scribbly Gums (creator of)
  • Follow Me (creator of)
  • Barcelona dress (creator of)
  • Sturt's Desert Pea cocktail dress (creator of)
  • Olga Goddess (creator of)
  • Organza Wildflowers (creator of)
  • Matisse (creator of)
  • Black Magic (creator of)
  • Waratah (creator of)
  • Desert River (creator of)
Related collections
  • South Australian Museum, SA (collected in)
  • The Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, TAS (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Frances Burke Resource Centre, R.M.I.T., Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • South Australian Museum, SA (collected in)
  • The Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, TAS (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Frances Burke Resource Centre, R.M.I.T., Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Grant from Arts Queensland (received)
  • Life Fellow: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney (received)
  • Carnivale Art Competition - Port Douglas Gallery of Fine Art (received)
  • Visual Arts / Craft Board Fellowship - Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Lyrebird Australian Fashion Awards - Innovators Award (received)
  • Grant from Arts Queensland (received)
  • Life Fellow: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney (received)
  • Carnivale Art Competition - Port Douglas Gallery of Fine Art (received)
  • Visual Arts / Craft Board Fellowship - Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Lyrebird Australian Fashion Awards - Innovators Award (received)
Related events
  • Dyeing with the Red Magrove (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles: A Fragile Sanctuary (exhibited at)
  • Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles The Reef and Beyond (exhibited at)
  • Across the Desert (exhibited at)
  • Black in Fashion: Mourning to Night (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles: A Fragile Sanctuary (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles: A Fragile Sanctuary (exhibited at)
  • Taking it to the Tropics (exhibited at)
  • Opal Jewelry Collection (exhibited at)
  • Dyeing with the Red Mangrove (exhibited at)
  • Vintage Jackson 1975 - 2005 (exhibited at)
  • Into the 80s (exhibited at)
  • Vogue Australia 21 Birthday Fashion Show (exhibited at)
  • Fabulous Fashions 1907-1967 (exhibited at)
  • Costumes, Masks & Jewellery of the Commonwealth Crafts Council Gallery of Tasmania - Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Clothes & Clay (exhibited at)
  • Australian Decorative Arts The Last 10 Years (exhibited at)
  • Permanent Collection (exhibited at)
  • Plastic Rubber & Leather Dress (exhibited at)
  • Art Knits (exhibited at)
  • Australian Decorative Arts 1788-1988 (exhibited at)
  • A Free Hand (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion The Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • The Art of the Scarf (exhibited at)
  • The Artists Garden (exhibited at)
  • Couture to Chaos (exhibited at)
  • Indigo (exhibited at)
  • Great Lengths Central Australian Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Southern Bias (exhibited at)
  • Design Show (exhibited at)
  • One Hundred Moments of Fashion (exhibited at)
  • Colonial to Contemporary (exhibited at)
  • State of the Waratah (exhibited at)
  • Opal Textiles and Jewellery (exhibited at)
  • Opal Textiles and Jewellery (exhibited at)
  • Federation Fashion (exhibited at)
  • Photographs (exhibited at)
  • Federation Square Opening (exhibited at)
  • Carnivale Art Show (exhibited at)
  • Life Fellows Awards Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Inspired - design across time (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fortnight (exhibited at)
  • Australian Decorative Arts (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fortnight (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fortnight (exhibited at)
  • Art Knits (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion The Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion the Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion The Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee, Flamingo Park and Bush Couture (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture (exhibited at)
  • Flamingo Opal Follies (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Red Centre (exhibited at)
  • Barrier Reef and Wildflowers (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Colour & Shapes (exhibited at)
  • Wildflowers (exhibited at)
  • Wildflowers (exhibited at)
  • Flamingo Follies (exhibited at)
  • Flamingo Follies (exhibited at)
  • Step Into Paradise (exhibited at)
  • Opal & Silver Jewellery and Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture Christmas Show (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture Trunk Show (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture Blossoms (exhibited at)
  • Opal Perfume (exhibited at)
  • Black Light Opal (exhibited at)
  • Opal & Silver Jewellery and Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Black Magic (exhibited at)
  • Essence (exhibited at)
  • The Opal Forest (exhibited at)
  • Reflections in a Blue Lake (exhibited at)
  • Coral Sea (exhibited at)
  • Waratah (exhibited at)
  • Opal Reef (exhibited at)
  • Fan Coral (exhibited at)
  • Lipstick Palm (exhibited at)
  • Rainforest (exhibited at)
  • Fashion Festival Linda Jackson 1974-1999 (exhibited at)
  • Paintings Rugs Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Desert Rivers (exhibited at)
  • Pearl Coast (exhibited at)
  • Billabongs Boabs Beyond (exhibited at)
  • Opal Country Paintings (exhibited at)
  • A Brush with the Bush Paintings (exhibited at)
  • A Bush Fantasy (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion the Contemporary Art (None)
  • Art Clothes (None)
  • Dyeing with the Red Magrove (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles: A Fragile Sanctuary (exhibited at)
  • Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles The Reef and Beyond (exhibited at)
  • Across the Desert (exhibited at)
  • Black in Fashion: Mourning to Night (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles: A Fragile Sanctuary (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles: A Fragile Sanctuary (exhibited at)
  • Taking it to the Tropics (exhibited at)
  • Opal Jewelry Collection (exhibited at)
  • Dyeing with the Red Mangrove (exhibited at)
  • Vintage Jackson 1975 - 2005 (exhibited at)
  • Into the 80s (exhibited at)
  • Vogue Australia 21 Birthday Fashion Show (exhibited at)
  • Fabulous Fashions 1907-1967 (exhibited at)
  • Costumes, Masks & Jewellery of the Commonwealth Crafts Council Gallery of Tasmania - Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Clothes & Clay (exhibited at)
  • Australian Decorative Arts The Last 10 Years (exhibited at)
  • Permanent Collection (exhibited at)
  • Plastic Rubber & Leather Dress (exhibited at)
  • Art Knits (exhibited at)
  • Australian Decorative Arts 1788-1988 (exhibited at)
  • A Free Hand (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion The Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • The Art of the Scarf (exhibited at)
  • The Artists Garden (exhibited at)
  • Couture to Chaos (exhibited at)
  • Indigo (exhibited at)
  • Great Lengths Central Australian Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Southern Bias (exhibited at)
  • Design Show (exhibited at)
  • One Hundred Moments of Fashion (exhibited at)
  • Colonial to Contemporary (exhibited at)
  • State of the Waratah (exhibited at)
  • Opal Textiles and Jewellery (exhibited at)
  • Opal Textiles and Jewellery (exhibited at)
  • Federation Fashion (exhibited at)
  • Photographs (exhibited at)
  • Federation Square Opening (exhibited at)
  • Carnivale Art Show (exhibited at)
  • Life Fellows Awards Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Inspired - design across time (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fortnight (exhibited at)
  • Australian Decorative Arts (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fortnight (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fortnight (exhibited at)
  • Art Knits (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion The Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion the Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion The Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee, Flamingo Park and Bush Couture (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture (exhibited at)
  • Flamingo Opal Follies (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Red Centre (exhibited at)
  • Barrier Reef and Wildflowers (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Colour & Shapes (exhibited at)
  • Wildflowers (exhibited at)
  • Wildflowers (exhibited at)
  • Flamingo Follies (exhibited at)
  • Flamingo Follies (exhibited at)
  • Step Into Paradise (exhibited at)
  • Opal & Silver Jewellery and Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture Christmas Show (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture Trunk Show (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture Blossoms (exhibited at)
  • Opal Perfume (exhibited at)
  • Black Light Opal (exhibited at)
  • Opal & Silver Jewellery and Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Black Magic (exhibited at)
  • Essence (exhibited at)
  • The Opal Forest (exhibited at)
  • Reflections in a Blue Lake (exhibited at)
  • Coral Sea (exhibited at)
  • Waratah (exhibited at)
  • Opal Reef (exhibited at)
  • Fan Coral (exhibited at)
  • Lipstick Palm (exhibited at)
  • Rainforest (exhibited at)
  • Fashion Festival Linda Jackson 1974-1999 (exhibited at)
  • Paintings Rugs Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Desert Rivers (exhibited at)
  • Pearl Coast (exhibited at)
  • Billabongs Boabs Beyond (exhibited at)
  • Opal Country Paintings (exhibited at)
  • A Brush with the Bush Paintings (exhibited at)
  • A Bush Fantasy (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion the Contemporary Art (None)
  • Art Clothes (None)
Field Changes
Biography
Indigenous notes