Rosa Fiveash b. 22 July 1854

Also known as Rosa Catherine Fiveash
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter and etcher who lived her whole life in North Adelaide. An accomplished botanical illustrator and flower painter Fiveash was also a pioneer of china painting, responsible for introducing the technique to Adelaide.
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References [<ExternalResource: Black, J.M. (1943), 'Flora of South Australia', Orchidaceae 1, 2nd edn, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Biven, Rachel (1976), 'Some Forgotten... Some Remembered', Norwood, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Farr, Muriel E. (1915), 'Miss R.C. Fiveash', Lone Hand, May 01.>, <ExternalResource: Lothian, T.R.N.L. (Noel) (1974), 'Rosa Fiveash's Australian Orchids', Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Sims, E.B. (1981), 'Rosa Catherine Fiveash', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, [eds. Nairn, B. and Serle, G.], Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Symon, D. (1988), 'A Festival of Ellis Rowan Flower Paintings', Adelaide Botanic Garden catalogue, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Wilson, Shirley Cameron (1988), 'From Shadow into Light', St Peter's, SA.>]