- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE6221
Dutton, Ninette Clarice Florence
- OAM
- Birth name Trott, Ninette Clarice Florence
- Born 24 July 1923, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Died 7 July 2007, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Author, Botanical artist, Broadcaster, Enamellist, Gardener
Summary
Ninette Dutton published a number of books on the Australian landscape and gardening which she often illustrated with her own botanical drawings. Ninette also studied art in both Europe and America, establishing herself as an enamellist and often holding exhibitions of her work.
Details
Ninette Dutton was educated at Creveen School, North Adelaide, and later at Woodlands, before studying Social Science at the University of Adelaide. During World War Two Ninette served as a driver with the Women’s Australian Auxiliary Air Force.
In the 1950s Ninette worked in Oxford and studied at the Ruskin School of Art. She then went on to learn enamelling in Kansas during the 1960s. From the 1970s to the 1990s Ninette published books and delivered radio programs on cooking, flowers, gardening and the seasons. She also wrote a weekly column titled ‘The passionate gardener’ for Adelaide’s Advertiser.
Ninette Dutton was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1994 in recognition of service to the community and to the arts as an artist, particularly as an enameller.
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
- National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- National Library of Australia
- Academy Library, UNSW Canberra