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| Elaine Russell |
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A Kamilaroi woman, Elaine Russell was born in Tingha, northern New South Wales, in 1941. She spent her childhood in La Perouse and, later, on the Aboriginal mission at Murrin Bridge, where her father was a handyman.
Elaine always wanted to paint, and at the age of 52—after raising six children—she enrolled in a visual arts course and was finally able to realise her lifelong ambition. Her work has since been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, and she has visited the UK, the US and Canada. In the 2001 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards her first book, A is for Aunty—based on her years at Murrin Bridge—was shortlisted for the Picture Book Award and was an Eve Pownall Information Book Honour Book.
Elaine paints contemporary Aboriginal life, from the bush and the mission to the shores of Botany Bay in the 1950s.
Elaine has six children, ten grandchildren and lives in Glebe, New South Wales. |
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