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"More Than Just Gumtrees"
A Personal, Social and Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors byJuliet Peers

Biographies of over 300 artists, with individual exhibition lists, representation in public collections and further sources form a valuable reference for both general and specialist readers and researchers, dealers and libraries.  Copies for sale : email click here 

This comprehensive history of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors "More Than Just Gumtrees" by Dr. Juliet Peers is available from the Society at $30 for soft cover copies and a Limited Edition in hardback, signed by the Author for $95.  Postage and packing extra.

STANDARD EDITION : 328 pages with 8 pages of full colour illustrations, 15 pages of black and white illustrations and more illustrations scattered throughout the biographies of over 300 members, each with lists of exhibitions, public gallery holdings and further reading.  It is printed on high quality art paper and the paperback cover has folded flaps.

Publisher/Date: Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors in association with Dawn Revival Press, 1993.  Description:  xii, 308 p: ill., ports. ; 30 cm. ISBN  0 646 16033 8.A4.8pp.full colour

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A complete Index of Artists mentioned
A
Abbott, Angela 
Adams, Josephine Muntz, 
Alexander, Aline
Allan, Kate
Allen, Mary Cecil.
Alsop Edith.
Aiston. Edith, 
Amadio, John, 
Arribrus, Caroline. 
Anderson, Madge, 
Anderson, Theo, 
Anderson, Walter.
Angry Penguin Group, 
Antipodean Group,
Arnifield, Joan, 
Artists Unity Congress
Ashley, Daisy,
Atkin, Cath, 
Austral Salon
Australian Academy of Art,
Australian Art Association, 

B
Baker, Cristina Asquith, 
Baker, Dorothy,
Bale, Alice Marian Ellen,
Ballarat School of Mines, 
Balmain, John, 
Bant, Rosemary,
Banyule Gallery, 
Barclay, Dora,
Barker, Agnes.
Barker, Carrie 
Barlow, Elsie, 
Barnes, Jean, 
Barnes, Kathleen 
Barnes, Leslie, 
Barrett, Irene,
Barrett, Marion. Lady, 
Barringer, Gwen, 
Barskerville, Margaret
Baxter, Joy, 

Baynton, Barbara, 
Bechervaise, John
Beckett,  Clarice, 
Bell, Edith, 
Bell, George, 
Bendigo, 
Bennett, Jo, 
Benwell, Meg, 
Bernhardt, Sarah, 
Better, Barbara 
Bey, Reshid, 
Bishop, Ethel, 
Black, Dorrit, 
BIogg, Rorna, 
Blumann, Elise, 
Bone, Lilla, 
Borchardt, Janet
Bourne, Shirley, 
Boyd, Arthur (snr.) 
Boyd, Arthur, 
Boyd, David, 
Boyd, Edith Susan, 
Boyd, Emma Minrue, 
Boyd, Helen, 
Boyd, Maxtin, 
Boyd, Merric, 
Boyd, Penlelgh, 
Boyd, Robin, 
Boyd family
Brabson, Annie, 
Brack, John, 
Bramleigh, Rex, 
Brangwyn, Frank 
Brash, Barbara, 
Bravo, Gladys Hylton, 
Brennan, Jennie, 
Bretel, Nan, 
Bruveris, Elvira, 
Bryans, Lina, 
Buckmaster, Ernest, 
Bullwinkle, VIvian, 
Bunny, Rupert,
Burdett, Basil, 
Burgess, Florence, 
Burke, Frances
Burke, Janine
Burrows, Emma
Buvelot, Abram Louis

C
Cade, Blanche
Cambrige, Ada
Carew-Smyth, Ponsonby May,
Carter, Norman, 
Carey, Moya
Casey, Maie
Castles, Amy
Catalyst Club, 
Cavill, Jennifer Rau, 
Center, Roma
Chandler, Lois
    see Hyett, Lois,
Chapman, Alice, 
Clarke, Pegg,
Clifton, Nancy, 
Cobb, Victor, 
Cochrane, Daisy, 
Cohn, Ola, 
     as president of MSWPS 
     influence on MSWPS, 
Cohn, Sarah Helen, 
Coleman, Constance,
Colquhoun, Alexander, 
Colquhoun, Amalie, 
Coiquhoun, Beatrix Hoile, 
Colquhoun, Elizabeth, 
Colquhoun family
Colquhoun School, 
Commonwealth Reconstruction
Training Scheme, 
Contemporary Arts Society
Cook, WIllfam Delafield (snr), 
Correll, Valeria, 
Council of Adult Education, 
Cowan, Theo,
Cowling, Margaret,
Crafts Council of Victoria, 
Craig, Sybil, 
Crawford, Ron
Crombie, Peggy
Crossley, Irene
Cumbrae-Stewart, Janet

D
Dahl, Astrid, 
Daly Tom,
Dargie, Sir William, 
Davies, Blanche,
Davies, David,
Davies, Lucy Walker, 
Dearling, Florence 
Dent, Aileen, 
Dickson, Enid, 
Downing, Edith,
Drake, Constance
see Holland, Constance
Dunn, Eleanor Trinca (Ella),
Dutton. Orlando, 
Dyer, Louise Hansen, 

E
Eager, Emily Ellen, 
Eagle Mary, 
Ebatarinja, Cordula,
Ebbot, Vivian, 
Edgar, Julie, 
Edwell, Bernice,
Elliott, Hilda,
Elliott, Rohert Charles Dunlop
Ellis, Constance,
Ellis, Heather, 
Esson, Hilda, 
Esson, Louis,
Evans, Jessie, 

F
Fairley, Louise
"Fairy Tree"
Farmer, John, 
Figuerola, Alma,
FIcay, Maude Glover, 
Flett, James,
Flynn, Clara
see Southern, Clara
Folingsby, George,
Forster, Ursula,
Fowle, Anne
Fox, Emanauel Phillip
Fox, Ethel Carrick
Fox, Ivy Burton,
Francis, Carrie
Francis, Dorothea,
Francis, Margaret,
Francis, Mona
Frater, William (Jock)
Freedman, Harold,
Freeman, Leslie
Freeman, Madge,
French, Joy
Fuller, Florence
Fullwood, Henry

 G
Gates, Annie
Geach, Portia
George, May Butler
Gerber, Fay
Gilbert, Charles Web
Gill, Louise
Gilmore, Mary
Gleichen, Feodora, Countess
Gordon, Emily McGregor
Gosman, Jessie
Gowdie, Tina
Graham, Anne
Grant, Nancy
Gray, Jean Carson
Griffin, Murray
Griffiths, Dorothy Whithead
Grigg, May, 
Grist, Nellie, 
Gude, Nornie
Gulliver, Henrietta Maria
Gurdon, Nora

H
Haddon, Ada
Hain, Gladys
Hake, Dora
  see Serle, Dora
Hake, Elsie 
 see Barlow, Elsie
Halford, Greta,
Hall,  Bernard
Hallendal, Pam
Hammond, Mary

Hanna, Ian
Hannan, Jo
Hanrahan, Barbara
Harcourt, Clewin
Harding, Cecile
Harford, Pat, 
Harris, Mary Packer, 
Harrison, Wendy Rees, 
Harvey, Lewis John, 
Harvie, Ellison, 
Harvie, Looie, 
Hawthorn, Shirley, 
Healy, Beryl, 
Heffernan, Edward, 
Heidelberg School,
Helmer, June, 81
Henry, Joan
Herbert, Harold, 
Hester, Joy, 
Heysen, Hans, 
Hicks, Inez
Hicks, Mary Jane
Hinchcliffe, Miss
Hjorth, Noela, 
Hobart, June, 
Hoff, Ursula
Hoile, Beatrix
   see Colquhoun, Beatrix H
Holgate, Maria, 
Holland, Constance
Hollick, Ruth,
Honey, Winifred, 
Hope, A.D.
Hope, Emily,
Houghton, Audrey, 
Humphries, M
Hunter, Nada,
Huntington, Isabel, 
Hurry, Polly, 
Hutchison, lnez, 
Hyett, Lois,

J

Jackman, HIlary, 
James, Phillipa,
Jenkins, Constance
see Mackey, Constance
Johnson, Gertrude,
Jones, Alice, 
Jones, Mrs Corbett, 
Jones, Marion, 
Jorgensen, Justus
Joske, Margaret

K
Kanniluik, Emily, 
Keogh, Edmond. 
Kerridge, Barbara Newman
Kershaw, Antoine,
King, Inge, 
Kipling, Rudyard
Knox, Ida, 

L
Lahey, Vida, 
Lakeland, Mrs Lewis, 
Lane, Joan, 
Langer, Gertrude, 
Langley, Betty, 
Laver, Jessie
Lawlor, Adrian, 
Lawlor, Eva, 
Leber, Ruth,
Leighton, Frederick, Baron,
Leschkau, Gretchen, 
Levi, Idayll, 
Levi, Jule, 
Levi, Sara,
Lewis, Hilary, 
Lind, Ruby, 
Lindsay, Daryl, 
Lindsay, Joan 
Lindsay, Lionel,
Longstaff, Will, 
Lormer, Etly, 
Loureiro, Vasco, 
Lovett, Mildred, 
Lyle, Nancy, 

M
McCann, Richard, 
McCartney, Mavis, 
MCClelland Gallery, 
McCubbin, Annie Lucy, 
McCubbin, Frederick, 
McCubbin, Kathleen
 see Mangan, Kathleen
McCubbin, LouIs, 
McCubbin, Sheila, 
McCubbin, Winifred,
McCubbin, family, 
McGeorge, Norman
McGowan, Colin
McGowan, Madie
McGrath, Joyce, 
McGuire, Margaret
Mclnnes, Jean, 
Mclnnes, Violet
Mclnnes, William Beckwith
Mackey, Constance Jenkins,
Mackintosh, Jessie, 
McLaren, Audrey, 
McLean, Margaret 
McLeish, Reta, 
McLeod, Marjorie
Macqueen, Mary
Mahood, Maguerite
Mangan, Kathleen, 
Manley, Jan Ross, 
Marks, Joan, 
Martin, Alan, 
Mather, John, 
Mathews, Marjorie McChesney,
Maudsley, Helen, 
Maupassant, Guy de, 
Meeson, Dora,
Meilerts, Ludmilla, 
Melba, Dame Nellie, 
Meldrum, Max,
Merfield, Bertha, 
Meyer, Maxy Nanson, 
Middleton, Alma, 
Mileo, Ellen, 
Milstead, Diane, 
Mimovich, Leopoldine,
Minchin, Helen, ,
Minchin, Jan, 
Misso, Yona,
Montford, Marion Alice,
Montford, Paul, 
Montgomery, Anne,
Montgomery, May, 
Montgomery, William
Montsalvat, 
Moore, Dorothy, 
Moore, Graham
Morris, Ethel Jackson,
Morrison, Vera
 

N

Newell, Anne,
Newell, Lucy, 
Newman, Barbara, 
 see Kerridge, Barbara
NIbbi, Gino, 
Nicholas, Hilda Rix
NIcholson, Catherine, 
Niven, Antionette, 
North, Marj 

O
O'Connor, Ailsa, 
O'Connor, Kate, 
O'Connor, Vera
O'Connor, Vic,
Officer, Edward,
Ogilvie, Helen, 
Ohlfsen, Dora, 
Ola Cohn Centre, 
Oliver, Annie Davison, 
Olsen, Betty, 
Outhwaite, Ida Rentoul, 

p
Paddick, Roma,
Paddoms, Undine, 
Panton, Alice,
Parker, Harold, 
Parsons, Judy, 
Pate, Klytie, 
Paterson, Betty, 
Paterson, Charles
Paterson, Elizabeth, 
Paterson, Esther, 
Paterson, Hugh, 
Paterson, John Ford, 
Patterson, Nellie,
Payne, Nellie, 
Peake, Barbara
Penberthy, Wes,
Pendlebury, L. Scott, 
Perrey, Judith, 
Perrinjaquet, Mariette, 
Perry, Adelaide, 
Pestell, Marna, 
Peters, Helen, 
Phillips, Amelia,
Phillips, Etta (Rosetta),
Phillips, Marion,
Phillips, Rae, 
Plante, Ada, 
Porter, Alice, 
Power, Anne Marie, 
Power, Septimus, 
Prenzel, Robert, 
Preston, Margaret, 
Price, Jane, 
Priehard, Katharine Suannah, 
Prior, Elizabeth, 
Proctor, Thea, 
Pryde, Mabel,
Pye, Mabel, 
Pyke, Guelda, 

Q
Queensland,   women's art in, 

R
Ramsay, Hugh, 
Raztrick, Liz, 
Rede, Geraldine, 
Reed, John, 
Reed, Sunday,
Reid, Isabel,
Reidy, Lilla 
Rentoul, Ida
 see Outhwalte, Ida
Richardson, Charles Douglas, 
Richardson, Margaret
Riggall, Louie (Louise Blanche)
Roache, Elma,
Roberts,Tom,
Robertson, Jean, 
Rodway, Florence, 
Rossi, Daisy, 
Rowan, Ellis, 
Rowell, John, 

S
Saunders, Mrs
Scarlett, Ken, 
Schmidt,Charlotte,
Serle, Dora, 
Sheldon, Jeanette, 
Slimith, Athol, 
Shore, Arnold, 
Sinclair, Lesley,
Singleton, Beverley, 
Smith, Bernard, 
Smith, C, 
Smith, Trearila
South Australia, women's art in,
Southern, Clara, 
Spencer, Mary Elizabeth, Lady, 
Spowers, Ethel, 
Stephenson, June, 
Stevenson, Grace, 
Stirling, Joyce 
Stock,  Miss, 
Stokes, Constance,
Stone, Clara,
Stone, Constance
Stone, Daisey,
Stone, Mary Page
Streeton, Arthur,
Stylianou, mary,
Sumner, Alan,
Sussex, Marion,
Sutherland, Jane , 
Sutherland, Jean Parker,
Sutherland, Ruth, 
Sutton, AlIcia, 
Sweatman, Jo, 
Syme, Eveline

T
Tasmania, womens art in
Tate, Bess Norris, 
Taylor, Stephanie.
Teague, Una, 
Teague, Violet,
Thomas, Louise
Thomas, Lynette,
Thompson,  Gordon, 
Thompson, Rollo,
Thorn, Ella, 
Thorndike, Sybil, 
Thorpe, Lesbia,
Todd, Sarah Squire,
Tompkins, Margaret,
Tompkins, Stanley, 
Trahair, Heloise, 
Traill, Elsie, 
Traill, Jessie, 
Traill, Margaret,
Tuck, Ruth, 
Tucker, Albert,
Tucker, Tudor St George, 
Turner, Ethel.
Turner, Kit, 
Turner, Mary, 
Tweddle, Isabel Hunter, 

V
Vale, Faith, 
Vale, Grace, 
Vale, May,
Van Stavern, lsabel
Vassilief, Danila
Vercoe, Elfreda
Vinnicombe, Anna Maria
 

W
Wade, Eve, 
Wahlers, Chrisma,
Walker, Connie,
Walker, Rose, 
Waller, Napier, 
Walling, Edna, 
Walsoe, Mrs, 
Ward, Mrs Ralph,
Ward, Rorna, 
Warren, Allan, 
Waterhouse, Phyl, 
Watson, Mina Fullwood,
Watts, George Frederick, 
Webster, Joy,
Weinberg, Aileen, 
Wenicher, Tina, 
Westbrook, Eric, 
Western Australia, women's art in
Wheeler, Charles, 
White, Emily, 
White, Helen,
White, LIlian, 
White, Stella,
Whithead, Dorothy
  see Griffiths,
Whiting, Ada,
Whyte, Elizabeth,
Whyte, Jane Wilkinson,
Whyte, Nellie,
Wilkie, Norah,
Wilkinson, Maureen
Williams, Mabel, Lady,
Wills, Judith,
Wilson, Dora, 
Winter, Ada Joshua, 
Withers, Margery,
Withers, Walter Herbert, 
Woolcock, Marlorie, 
Woolcock, Violet, 

Y
Young, Carolyne,
Young, Blamire,

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Appendix I

Index of New Members  joined in 1993 to 2002 in 

Robynne Allen
Gwen Batiste
Helen Carter
Rosemarie Curry
Louise Foletta
Janet Gipps
Glenys Jones
Janet Matthews 
Erna Roche
Susan Sambell
Ngaio Stupples
Lyndel Thomas
Christine Wrest Smith