Rosemary Opala b. 1923

Also known as Rosemary Fielding
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late 20th century Queensland cartoonist, botanical illustrator, painter, journalist and short-story writer. Opala became a nurse during WW2, wanting to do 'something useful' and many of her drawings from this time reflect her hospital experiences.

Citations

  • Opala, Rosemary (December 1992), 'Rosemary’s Pages’, Sunshine Coast Environment Council Inc., http://www.scec.org.au.

  • Brisbane, Qld : Trephine.

  • Australian Folklore Annual.

  • Wildlife Australia.

  • Henson, Barbara (ed.); & Denoon, Louise (curator) (1995), 'Queensland Women in War’, Brisbane, Qld : Queensland Arts Council and Regional Galleries Assoc of Queensland.

  • Saunders, Kay; & Evans, Raymond (eds) (c.1992), 'Gender Relations in Australia’, Sydney, NSW : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p 393.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archives’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists