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Miriam was born in 1925 and grew up Sydney in during the depression. In 1942 she joined the army as a signals operator stationed in North Queensland.
At the end of the war she became assistant to the superintendent of Yarraba Mission near Cairns. It was there she was introduced to painting through the work of an old Aboriginal man named Joe. Joe would sit on the beach and do traditional paintings in the sand. He taught her aboriginal designs and inspired her to do her first painting “Visit to Yarraba by the New Bishop†in 1947.
In 1950 she moved to western NSW where she met and married her husband and their first child was born in 1952.
Over the next 12 years she had 6 more children and lived between Sydney and New Guinea.
Miriam was a Councillor on the Goulburn Council for 13 years, as well as being recommended by Premier Nevil Wran to Governor Sir Roden Culter for appointment to the “Local Government Appeals Tribunal†(now known as the “Land and Environment Courtâ€). Miram was the first women to be appointed Chairman to a council abattoir and to a council saleyard where she worked to improve the welfare and handling of animals.
Miram now lives with her children and grandchildren in Byron Bay.
The First Visit of the New Bishop to Yarrabah
1947
Mo at the Tivoli
1987The Fight at Kerema TPNG
The Fall of the City of Jerico
1996 selected for exhibition in the Blake Prize
available for purchase
Sunday Afternoon at Grandma's
