Thelma Afford b. December 1908

Also known as Thelma Thomas
  • Artist
Female costume designer, performer and theatre and fashion journalist whose rich practice took her from Broken Hill to Adelaide and Melbourne before she ended up as the senior art mistress at a private Sydney girls' school. She not only introduced art as a subject to South Australian schools but also designed costumes for early Australian TV drama.
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  • South Australian Society of Arts (associate of)
  • South Australia School of Arts and Crafts (associate of)
  • Adelaide High School, SA (associate of)
  • Minerva Theatre (associate of)
  • Queenwood, NSW (associate of)
  • Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre (associate of)
  • Cinesound Films (associate of)
  • Garrick Theatre, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • Tivoli Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • South Australian Society of Arts (associate of)
  • South Australia School of Arts and Crafts (associate of)
  • Adelaide High School, SA (associate of)
  • Minerva Theatre (associate of)
  • Queenwood, NSW (associate of)
  • Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre (associate of)
  • Cinesound Films (associate of)
  • Garrick Theatre, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)