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Esme Timbery
Australian Bidjigal artist and shellworker (1931–2023)
Esme Russell[1] (née Timbery; 14 February 1931 – 6 October 2023) was an Australian Bidjigal artist and shellworker.
Timbery's shellwork had contemporary elements blended with the traditional medium. Her work is in the collections of several art museums throughout Australia.
Biography
Timbery was born on 14 February 1931 in the New South Wales town of Port Kembla (now a suburb of Wollongong) and was of Bidjigal Aboriginal heritage.[2] Timbery began to create shellwork at a young age.[3] She came from a long line of shellworkers including her great-grandmother, Emma Timbery.[4] Timbery and her sister, Rose, began to sell their shellwork in the 1940s.[4]
Timbery worked in La Perouse.[5]ABC produced a documentary about her in 2007, titled She Sells Sea Shells.[3]
Esme Timbery died in a nursing home on the New South Wales South Co