Barbara Hanrahan

Barbara Hanrahan was an artist, print maker and writer. She was born in Adelaide in 1939 and lived there all her life. She spent three years at the South Australian School of Art and then left for London in 1966 to continue her art studies. From 1964 Hanrahan held a number of exhibitions principally in Adelaide and Sydney, but also in Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, London and Florence. He works are represented in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra and many regional galleries. Barbara Hanrahan’s novels include The Scent of Eucalyptus (1973), The Peach Groves (1980), The Frangipani Gardens (1988) and Flawless Jade (1989).

Barbara Hanrahan died in 1991.