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Name
Linda Jackson
Also known as Opalinda
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Maker (Jewellery Designer)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Writer (ANZSIC code: 9002) -
Tags:
Flamingo Park
Birth date
1950
Birth place
Melbourne, VIC
Active Period
  • 1969 -
Residence
  • 2009 Mossman, North QLD
  • 2000 - 2008 Port Douglas, QLD
  • - Arnhem Land, NT
  • - Alice Springs, NT
  • 1974 - 1994 Sydney, NSW
  • 1969 - 1970 Madang, New Guinea
  • 1950 - 1968 Melbourne, VIC
Training
  • 1980 Red Centre, NT
  • 1972 Paris, France
  • 1970 - 1971 Bali and Thailand
  • 1969 New Guinea
  • 1966 - 1968 Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, VIC
  • Fashion design, 1966 - 1968 Emily McPherson College, R.M.I.T, Melbourne, VIC (http://www.rmit.edu.au/)
  • 1963 - 1965 Mentone Girls High School, Melbourne, VIC
Cultural Heritage
  • Irish
  • English
Languages
  • English

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  • Lizards Snakes and Cattledogs (exhibited at)
  • Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1 (exhibited at)
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  • Red Centre (exhibited at)
  • Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Opal Jewelry Collection (exhibited at)
  • Vintage Jackson 1975 - 2005 (exhibited at)
  • Dyeing with the Red Magrove (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles The Reef and Beyond (exhibited at)
  • Across the Desert (exhibited at)
  • Black in Fashion: Mourning to Night (exhibited at)
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  • Dyeing with the Red Mangrove (exhibited at)
  • Low Isles: A Fragile Sanctuary (exhibited at)
  • Taking it to the Tropics (exhibited at)
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  • Carnivale Art Show (exhibited at)
  • Life Fellows Awards Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Coral Sea (exhibited at)
  • Federation Square Opening (exhibited at)
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  • Opal Reef (exhibited at)
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  • Southern Bias (exhibited at)
  • Design Show (exhibited at)
  • One Hundred Moments of Fashion (exhibited at)
  • Colonial to Contemporary (exhibited at)
  • State of the Waratah (exhibited at)
  • Opal Textiles and Jewellery (exhibited at)
  • Opal Textiles and Jewellery (exhibited at)
  • Federation Fashion (exhibited at)
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  • Fashion Festival Linda Jackson 1974-1999 (exhibited at)
  • Paintings Rugs Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Desert Rivers (exhibited at)
  • Couture to Chaos (exhibited at)
  • Great Lengths Central Australian Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Pearl Coast (exhibited at)
  • The Artists Garden (exhibited at)
  • Indigo (exhibited at)
  • Billabongs Boabs Beyond (exhibited at)
  • Opal Country Paintings (exhibited at)
  • The Art of the Scarf (exhibited at)
  • A Brush with the Bush Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion The Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • A Bush Fantasy (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion the Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion the Contemporary Art (None)
  • Plastic Rubber & Leather Dress (exhibited at)
  • Art Knits (exhibited at)
  • Australian Decorative Arts 1788-1988 (exhibited at)
  • A Free Hand (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion The Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fashion The Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fortnight (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fortnight (exhibited at)
  • Australian Fortnight (exhibited at)
  • Australian Decorative Arts (exhibited at)
  • Art Knits (exhibited at)
  • Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee, Flamingo Park and Bush Couture (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture Christmas Show (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture Trunk Show (exhibited at)
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  • Permanent Collection (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture Blossoms (exhibited at)
  • Clothes & Clay (exhibited at)
  • Opal Perfume (exhibited at)
  • Black Light Opal (exhibited at)
  • Costumes, Masks & Jewellery of the Commonwealth Crafts Council Gallery of Tasmania - Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Bush Couture (exhibited at)
  • Opal & Silver Jewellery and Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Black Magic (exhibited at)
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  • Flamingo Opal Follies (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Opal & Silver Jewellery and Textiles (exhibited at)
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  • Wildflowers (exhibited at)
  • Wildflowers (exhibited at)
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  • Lizards Snakes and Cattledogs (exhibited at)
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