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Burbury, Thomas, b. 1809
Sentenced to death in 1832 for participating in a protest against automated looms creating unemployment for weavers such as himself, Burbury was sentenced to death ...
Burke, Frances, b. 1907
Burke founded screen-printing business, Burway Prints, Melbourne 1937. Established and managed "New Design" retail outlet, founder member Society of Designers for Industry. Her textile designs ...
Bussell, Mary Yates, b. 1805
Western Australian embroiderer whose pattern books held by the Royal Western Australian Historical Society indicate that she was expert at Ayrshire (Scottish Flowering) white work.
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 ...
Campbell, Eliza, b. 1959
Teatowel artist in collaboration with Judy Lodwick.
Campbell, michele
Fashion designer trained through apprenticeships in industry.
Card, Mary, b. 1861
Designer and 'crochet pattern designer'. By 1917 Mary Card was a celebrity. In the early to mid 1920s Card moved to a small village outside ...
Carrol, Jean , b. 1927
Carrol trained as a milliner at Moray Millinery, Sydney working in women's millinery, then transferred her skills to theatre, television and film in the mid-1960s. ...
Caughlan, Robyn, b. 1950
Fashion designer and painter, Robyn Caughlan is a Dharug woman from Western Sydney. Her fashion work has included designs for the Miss World, Miss Universe ...
Cavanagh, Lily Gladys, b. 1894
Embroiderer, designer and woodcarver who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1911.
Chapman, Georgia
Melbourne-based fashion designer who co-founded the label 'Vixen Australia' in 1992.
Chauvel, Lilian, b. 1867
Painter and designer. Chauvel 'discovered and developed the art of "panchrocis", a delicate technique of paintings on silks and satins, of which she made lamp ...
Chipkin, Hannah
Designer and Director of Sydney fashion label Chip Chop!
Chisholm, Margaret
Dress designer, married to Harry Chisholm.