Yertebrida Solomon

Also known as Yertabrida
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Yertabrida Solomon remains the only identified woman artist of Aboriginal descent to make drawings in Australia in the nineteenth century.
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Name
Yertebrida Solomon
Also known as Yertabrida
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Active Period
  • 1867 - 1876
Residence
  • 10 September 1867 Milang
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Milang, Lake Alexandrina, SA
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Ngarrindjeri
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: Taplin, George (ed.) (1879), 'Folklore ... of the South Australian Aborigines', Adelaide, "List of the names of the natives belonging to the Narrinyeri Tribe', SAA GRG 1876/72, and 'Journal' 10 September 1867 (vol.2), SAA PRG 186 1/3.>, <ExternalResource: Hemming, S., Jones, P.,& Clarke, P. (1989), 'Ngurunderi: An Aboriginal Dreaming', South Australian Museum catalogue, Adelaide (for the clan organisation and Ngarrindjeri culture in general).>, <ExternalResource: Sayers, Andrew (1994), 'Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century', Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Worsnop, Thomas (1897), 'The Prehistoric Arts, Manufactures, Works, Weapons, etc., of the Aborigines of Australia', Adelaide 1897.>] [<ExternalResource: Taplin, George (ed.) (1879), 'Folklore ... of the South Australian Aborigines', Adelaide, "List of the names of the natives belonging to the Narrinyeri Tribe', SAA GRG 1876/72, and 'Journal' 10 September 1867 (vol.2), SAA PRG 186 1/3.>]