Shapes of Australia

Publisher details

Author
Bronwyn Bancroft
Publisher
Hardie Grant Egmont
Genre
Children’s Picture Book
Released
11 January, 2018
ISBN
9781760129286

Shapes of Australia

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Synopsis

From boulders to bee hives, from mountains to coral, Bronwyn Bancroft explores the shapes that form our land.
Bronwyn Bancroft
About the author

Bronwyn Bancroft

Bronwyn Bancroft is an artist and designer whose artworks have been collected and shown by galleries throughout Australia and around the world.A descendant of the Bundjalung people, Bronwyn studied at the Canberra School of Art, eventually starting Designer Aboriginals, training Aboriginal women in arts and craft. She was one of the founders of Boomalli, the Aboriginal Artists' Cooperative, was a board member of the Council of the National Gallery of Australia, has been Chair of the Visual Arts and Crafts Committee for the NSW Ministry of the Arts, and is a well-known speaker on Aboriginal art and advocacy issues. Since 1993 Bronwyn has authored and illustrated many award-winning children's books, including Possum and Wattle and Patterns of Australia.

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