Mary Bundock b. February 1845

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Bundock was only eight years old when discovered her love of flower painting, when family friend and flower painter Bessie Wilson gave her "a small box of colours." She travelled extensively and with her sister Alice, accumulated one of the most important collections of Aboriginal artefacts in Australia. The meticulous archiving of her items makes Bundock a pioneer in Australian cultural anthropol
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References [<ExternalResource: McBryde, I (1978), 'Records of Times Past: Ethnohistorical Essays on the Culture and Ecology of the New England Tribes', Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Bundock, Mary (Mrs Murray-Prior), 'Memoirs of early days on the Richmond River', typescript, (original Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney).>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from McBryde, Isabel.>, <ExternalResource: (1992), 'Mary Ellen Bundock', Joan Kerr (ed.), The Dictionary of Australian Artists, Melbourne, Vic.>]