Hilda Rix Nicholas - Une Australienne 1926

Hilda Rix Nicholas ‘An Australian (Une Australienne)’ 1926, oil on canvas, 103 x 81 cm, National Gallery of Australia, purchased 2014 © Bronwyn Wright Credit: © Bronwyn Wright

We interviewed Kaoru Morioka, Nobuko Matsuda, Midori Furze, and Chie Hamada, all Japanese volunteer guides at the art gallery. Each of these four women has ventured overseas from Japan to pursue new lives.

2002.108 Rue Mouffetard, Paris (1910) Ethel CARRICK FOX, Australian, 1872 - 1952 Australian, 20th century, 1910 oil on canvas 38.1 × 45.6 cm With frame: 54 × 61 × 7.7 cm

Ethel Carrick ‘Rue Mouffetard’ 1910, oil on canvas, 38.1 × 45.6 cm, Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth Credit: Jessica Maurer/Kerry Stokes Collection

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