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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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