Elizabeth Durack Clancy CMG, OBE was a Western Australian artist and writer.
12 Facts About Elizabeth Durack
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Elizabeth Durack was the younger sister of writer and historian Dame Mary Durack.
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Elizabeth Durack's work was notable for the way it combined and reflected both western and aboriginal perceptions of the world.
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Elizabeth Durack's work included a number of dyeline prints, hand coloured in watercolour, depicting life on a Kimberley cattle station.
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Some of Elizabeth Durack's earliest published illustrations are of aboriginal life in Western Australia, for example her illustrations for the 1935 book "All-About: The Story of a Black Community on Argyle Station, Kimberley".
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In recognition of services to art and literature, Elizabeth Durack was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1966 and in 1982, a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
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In 1997 Elizabeth Durack disclosed that Burrup was her pseudonym, an identity she considered her "alter ego".
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Elizabeth Durack freely assumed the right to make Aboriginal art as Burrup.
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Elizabeth Durack continued to make art as Eddie Burrup until her death on 25 May 2000, aged 84.
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Some censured Elizabeth Durack and dismissed Burrup paintings that previously had been acclaimed.
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The estate of Elizabeth Durack contains original material from the 1920s on through all decades up until the year 2000.
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Elizabeth Durack was interviewed and featured on numerous radio and TV shows including 60 Minutes.