bibliography
books: in which work features [selected]
- McCulloch's Encyclopaedia of Australian Art Miegunyah Press & AusArt editions, Melbourne, 2006
- Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon Die Bildenden Kunstler aller Zeiten und Volker [Universal Artists – Dictionary of Pictorial and Plastic Artists of all Periods and Peoples] Vol 31, Munich/Leipzig 2002, pp115–117
- Gwenda Ross and Elaine Smith, Edited by Robert Smith Concise Dictionary of Australian Artists Melbourne University Press, Melbourne 1993
- Janda Gooding Western Australian Art and Artists 1900–1950 Art Gallery of WA, Perth, 1987
- Roderick Anderson Western Australian Art: A selection of early works from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection Heytesbury Holdings Ltd, Perth, 1986
- John Scott Landscapes of Western Australia Aeolian Press. Claremont, 1986
- Murray Mason (ed) Contemporary Western Australian Painters and Printmakers Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, 1979
- Marcie Muir Australian Childrens’ Book Illustrators Sun Books, Sydney, 1977
- Geoffrey Dutton White on Black: The Australian Aboriginal Portrayed in Art Macmillan in conjunction with the South Australian Art Gallery Board, Adelaide, 1974
- RM Berndt and ES Phillips The Australian Aboriginal Heritage Ure Smith, Sydney 1973
- Geoffrey Dutton (ed) Modern Australian Painting Collins, Lonodon, 1966
- Donald J Finley Modern Australian Painting Beaverbrook Newspapers, London, 1963
articles + press reviews [selected]
- Philippa O’Brien ‘Prelude: early works of Elizabeth Durack’ Art and Australia Vol 41 No 1 2003
- David Bromfield ‘The artist we had to have’ The West Australian May 31 2000
- Susan McCulloch ‘Painter true to her voice’ The Australian May 29 2000
- Michael Day ‘Death of an artist and her alter ego’ The Sydney Morning Herald May 26 2000
- Rosalin Sadler 'Is there no-one to untie us?' Modern Painters Vol 12 No 2 London 1999
- Susan McCulloch 'What's the fuss?' The Australian Magazine, Sydney, July 5 1997
- John McDonald 'Durack: let's look at the big picture' Sydney Morning Herald March 12 1997
- Robert Smith 'The Incarnations of Eddie Burrup' Australia Art Monthly No 97 Canberra, March 1997
- Christine Sharkey 'Elizabeth Durack: a vision of landscape and the politics of vision' The Journal Australian-Irish Heritage Association, Perth 1994
- Maud Kemp 'Elizabeth Durack talks to Australian Artist' Australian Artist Sydney, October 1988
- Jan Mayman ‘Looking at a world in chaos’ The National Times Sydney, January 1983
- Maria Prerauer ‘Paradox of Elizabeth Durack’ The Australian Sydney, December 29 1982
- Tom Gibbons ‘The restless inventiveness of a master artist’ The Western Mail Perth, December 1981
- Mac Betts 'Elizabeth Durack: The Visual Commitment' The Gazette Western Australian Institute of Technology Journal Vol 7 No 4 Perth, July 1974
- Daniel Granin 'In an Artist's Studio' New Times No 42, MOscow, 20 October 1965
- Patrick Hutchings 'The Durack Show' The Critic Perth, 26 February 1965
- Patrick Hutchings 'Elizabeth Durack, Pictorial Tachiste' Westerly UWA Perth, June 1963
- Patrick Hutchings 'Elizabeth Durack' The Critic Perth 2 October 1961
- Robert Smith 'The Art of Elizabeth Durack' The Western Australian Art Gallery Bulletin No 18 October 1959
- JM Bechervaise 'The paintings of Elizabeth Durack' Walkabout Sydney 1 October 1949
exhibition catalogues [selected]
- ‘With Outstretched Arms...’ Sisters of St John of God Kimberley Western Australia Impressions by Elizabeth Durack; Foreword by Pat Jacobs, Forty7ED Perth, 2007
- Elizabeth Durack Collection Introduction by Robert and Helen Muir; Foreword by PA Durack Clancy and MF Clancy, Robert Muir Old and Rare Books, Catalogue #142 Perth, 2006
- Prelude – Early works by Elizabeth Durack Collin O’Brien and Margaret Parker (eds) An Art on the Move Touring Exhibition, Forty7ED, Perth, 2002
- The Art of Eddie Burrup introduction by Rebecca Hossack, and artist’s statement London, July 2000
- The Art of Eddie Burrup comment by Ernie Bridge, MP Member for Kimberley; art reviews by Leon Deutsch and Maureen Smith; Petit Testament and design by Elizabeth Durack, Perth, May 2000
- From Appreciation to Appropriation: indigenous influences and images in Australian visual art Christine Nicholls, curator and commentator, Flinders University, Adelaide March 2000
- Derivations and Directions — The work of Elizabeth Durack 1930s to 1950s Janda Gooding, curator, with Silvia Conroy at the Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth March–April 1995
- Out of Sight — Out of Mind comment by Lynn Allen, Maureen Smith and Elizabeth Durack; exhibition at the Alexander Library Building Perth Cultural Centre Western Australia February–March 1991
- Elizabeth Durack – recent paintings comment by Randolph Stow exhibition held at artist’s studio Perth, September 1961
- Recent Australian Painting at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1961. [ED was one of three females of fifty-five artists represented in this landmark show].
talks + theses [selected]
- 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman – a partial view of Elizabeth Durack' in The Journal Vol 16 No.3, Spring 2008. Paper presented by Perpetua Durack Clancy for the Australian–Irish Heritage Association’s Annual Durack Memorial Lecture at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, July 6 2008
> The Australian-Irish Heritage Association website
- Elizabeth Durack and The Art of Eddie Burrup paper presented by Louise Morrison at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, March 5 2008. Subsequently published in Westerly, eds Delys Bird & Dennis Haskell, Westerly Centre, University of WA, Vol 54: 1 July 2009
- Jane Witter ’Elizabeth Durack: InsideOut’ MA Thesis University of Sydney August 2005
- Laurel Peel Elizabeth Durack/Eddie Burrup: Cultural Bridge or Provocateur? dissertation for Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur October 1997
- Julie Marcus ‘...like an Aborigine — empathy, Elizabeth Durack and the colonial imagination’ in The Olive Pink Society Bulletin Vol 9 (1 & 2) 1997
- Elizabeth Durack ‘Bett-Betts wonderful lonely palace...’ illustrated presentation at the UWA Summer School, January 1987
interviews
- Robin Hughes interviews Elizabeth Durack for Australian Biography, 1997
- Helene Charlesworth interviews Elizabeth Durack for the Battye Library of West Australian History 1988
- Hazel de Berg interviews Elizabeth Durack for the National Library of Australia 1965
audio [selected]
VIDEO [selected]
- Film Australia Australian Biography: Elizabeth Durack, Lindfield NSW 1997
- Channel 9 ‘60 Minutes’ interview 1997
- Elizabeth Durack opening 'The Art of Eddie Burrup - Glimpses from the Ngarangani' exhibition at the Durack Gallery Broome, 27 July 1997
- Channel 10 interview ‘Out of Sight — Out of Mind’ exhibition, Perth 1991
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