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Ellis Rowan (1848-1922)
Ellis Rowan's Garden at Derriweit, Mount Macedon c.1885
watercolour; 28.6 x 18.4 cm
Pictorial Collection

In a career spanning more than 40 years, Ellis Rowan, a self-taught artist, produced some 3000 paintings of wildflowers and birds. Rowan's talent was instinctive and discovered almost by chance. She was one of the first Australian artists to appreciate the richness and unique beauty of Australian wildflowers. The National Library of Australia holds 947 watercolours, the largest collection of Rowan's work.

 

October 2001 Volume XII Number 1

HIS ISLAND HOME: SIR GEORGE GREY'S DEVELOPMENT OF KAWAU ISLAND

Roslyn Russell finds in the National Library many accounts of the home of Sir George Grey, nineteenth-century Governor and Premier of New Zealand

THE WORD IN FRENCH

Edward Duyker reflects on the role of French books in Australian history

ABSCHOL: MORE THAN A SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

Jennifer Clark describes how Abschol became the political forum for students concerned about educational opportunities for Aboriginal people

GIVING A VOICE TO DANCE

Michelle Potter discusses the rise of dance writing in Australia from early reviews and popular lifesryle magazine features to more analytical newspaper reviews of the present day

MY PORTRAITS BOOK: SIR REX NAN KIVELL'S FORGOTTEN LEGACY

Honore Forster reveals that, for the last 20 years of his life, Rex Nan Kivell was passionately involved in a personal project to document portraits of influential people connected with the Australasian region

FRIENDS

A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Highlighting events marking the Centenary of Federation, and the 100th Anniversary of the National Library of Australia

100TH BIRTHDAY BOOKSEARCH

Help uncover items on the National Library's desiderata list

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