On the cover this month
Ellis Rowan (1848-1922)
Freycinetia marginata [Pandanus] with Brown Butterfly
[Nymphalidae satyridae] c.1916-1917
Papua New Guinea
gouache and watercolour on paper; 75.8 x 56.1 cm
nla.pic-an23621188
Pictures Collection Rl780
Australian-born
Ellis Rowan was one of the world’s most prolific and talented botanical
artists. For close to 50 years she explored the world, searching for
exotic flowers, plants, birds and butterflies to paint. She travelled
at a time when voyages were often difficult and dangerous--to islands
in the Torres Strait, to Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, the Caribbean,
to the United States of America, and throughout Australia The
exhibition The Flower Hunter: Ellis Rowan draws on the National
Library’s collection of over 900 of Rowan’s paintings and reveals the
glorious range of her work and talent. It continues until 27 January
2003.
December 2002 Volume XIII Number 3
BOTANICALLY PERFECT
To celebrate the National Library’s exhibition The Flower Hunter: Ellis Rowan, guest-curator Patricia Fullerton expands on the importance of Rowan’s art
COLLECTING A LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE
Naomi Vear introduces the wealth of material contained in the recently acquired papers of Peter Sculthorpe
BALLET RAMBERT CREATES A SPLASH
From the 1920s Marie Rambert, founder of Ballet Rambert, nurtured the creation of new choreography. Michelle Potter explores her ongoing influence on the development of dance in this country
A LIFETIME OF SERVICE
Stephen Holt expands on William Slater’s life of public service, and his contribution to Australia’s political development documented in the Library’s Manuscript Collection
MURA GADI
Barry York introduces Mura Gadi, a pathway for searching the National Library’s special collections relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
FRIENDS
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
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