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Kallista 1957

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Studio

Mum and I make art.

Tom's studio, circa 1925.

Tom's studio is in the garden of "Talisman". I sit with Mum on the floor and she makes clag with flour and hot water. We paste scraps of coloured paper onto glass jars. Dusty old canvas stretchers and tubes of oil paint are scattered about. I get Alizarin Crimson on my fingers and spread little marks on the doorknobs in the house.

Mum works with Bill Onus in his studio down the hill. I watch through the door as she burns designs onto wooden boomerangs, and cuts stencils for silk screen printing. Bill has a son called Lin who is about my age. We play outside.

Albert Namatjira, the Aboriginal artist, goaled for six months with hard labour for supplying liquor to fellow Aboriginals.

On the Beach by Neville Chute published.

Margot Fonteyn toured Australia as the guest of the Borovansky Ballet.

The Australian Almanac, Pub. Angus & Robertson 1985