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Accession[1989.0069] PAPERS OF FRANCES DERHAMIdentifierUMA-ITE-1989006900002Scope and ContentIncludes 'Aboriginal Children's Art' booklet by Lisbeth Clemens featuring images of Pitjanjara boy at Musgrave Park, sand drawings at Ernabella, 'my country' painting by a Pintupi boy, 'ducks on the River Finke' painting by an Aranda girl, girls dancing before men at a corroboree painting by a Pitjandjara girl, a sand-drawing influenced design by a Pitjandjara girl, and a photograph of Aboriginal children labelled 'Mr and Mrs Nicol's grandchildren'; includes card with design of an Aboriginal girl from the Ernabella mission, central Australia; includes 'Aboriginal children's art' research proposal by William D. Nicol, Noel Wallace, Emily C. Nicol and Phyllis Wallace, with the aim to investigate how Aboriginal children throughout central Australia learn and development as artists; and includes letter from Frances Derham about Aboriginal children's art research proposal referencing Mr Nichols and Mr Wallace coming to a conference about their project.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1989.0069 Unit 0045
Derham, Frances, Aboriginal Children's Art Ernabella (1966), [UMA-ITE-1989006900002]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 09/02/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/266650
