• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH000412

Elizabeth Durack interviewed by Helene Charlesworth for the Battye Library collection [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 3876
  • Date Range 21-Nov-97 - 8-Jun-98
  • Description

    4 digital audio tapes (ca. 260 min.) Elizabeth Durack, artist and illustrator, talks about the Durack family and their stations in the Kimberley region of Western Australia; her family background; childhood and education. She then discusses the Eddie Burrup paintings, her reasons for producing them and the central theme of this art. Durack also talks about her art and her future projects.

  • Access Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
  • Finding Aid Timed summary (10 p.) and corrected transcript available (typescript, 59 leaves).

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  • Primary Creator
    • Durack, Elizabeth (1915 - 2000)