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Fletcher, Mary Ann
An art and schoolteacher who advertised as a teacher for young ladies in Hobart and Launceston, offering private drawing lessons.
Fox, Edith Mary
Gorringe, Mary Ann, b. 1839
19th Century embroiderer.
Hannaford, Mary Jane, b. 1840
Quilter and embroiderer, Hannaford began making quilts in 1920, when she was 80 years old. There are seven known quilts initialled 'M.J.H.', all found in ...
Jane and Mary Hampson
Embroiderers, were sisters living with other members of the family at Fernbank Farm, Westbury, Tasmania in 1901-3 when they are thought to have embroidered the ...
Johnston, Maria
Embroider, lived at Alstonville, NSW. A flower arrangement by Johnston, completed on the first Singer Sewing Machine and dated around 1890 is owned by the ...
Dods, Mary Mariam, b. 1867
A woodcarver and embroiderer, Mary Dods actively contributed to the interior designs of her husbands architectural projects. An American by birth she used Australian motifs ...
Booth, Marian
Marian Booth was an exhibitor at the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition. A painter, Booth worked with fabric, painting variously on satin, cotton velvet and white ...
Fletcher, Marion, b. 1910
Fletcher trained at the Edinburgh College of Art, arriving in Australia in 1947. She worked as a textile designer with Vida Turner, Melbourne, later teaching ...
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Gibson, Marion, b.
Settled in Victoria. Although a mother to nine children, Gibson still had time to create the 'Friendship Quilt' now exhibited at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, ...
Coleman, Marjorie
Arbuz, Mark, b. 1953
Polish-born, Sydney-trained poster and textile artist who used local iconography, notably kookaburras, in his artwork.
Keighery, Mark
Dabscheck, Marlene
Dabscheck is a Melbourne fashion designer whose father Morrie Dabscheck wholesaled garments under the label Hollywood Modes. She trained in the industry and in 1953 ...
Guy [Gowns], Martha
Fashion design organisation working as "Martha Guy Gowns", 3rd floor, Block Court, Melbourne, ca.1934. The journal Manuscripts, no.12, 1934 carries an advertisement on the rear ...
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Martin, Catherine, b. 1965
Martin, Lucille
Degeus, Maryke, b. 1917
Maryke Degeus was one of the many European migrants whose entry into Australia after World War Two transformed our culture. She was associated with Jon ...
Mason, Elizabeth
Butters, Matilda
Costume designer. As the wife of would-be politician James Stewart Butters she managed a short but exciting career as spouse--and vote-getter by gaining public attention ...