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In Memoriam

David Said (1945 – 2022)

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, In Memoriam, Members Only, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

Founding Newsletter editor for the Oceanic Art Society, David Said was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1945, the start of a long and interesting life enriched by his love of tribal people, their cultures and their artworks

Bruce Laurie Seaman (1926 – 2022)

31/08/2022 In Memoriam, Members Only, V27 Issue 3

by Chris Boylan Bruce Seaman will be remembered as a great family man, married to his beautiful Tahitian wife, Ramine, for 61 years, and as a Voyager and collector of …

Dr Dolly Guise PhD (1942 – 2022)

06/06/2022 In Memoriam, Members Only, V27 Issue 2

by Chris Boylan with the input of Dolly Guise’s family Dolly Guise, who graduated as Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) first female PhD in anthropology, lived an extraordinary life. Just as …

Adrienne Kaeppler (1935 – 2022)

06/06/2022 In Memoriam, Members Only, V27 Issue 2

Adrienne L. Kaeppler – an inspiring journey of discovery into Tongan culture, art, society By Mary Lyn Fonau Eminent scholar and great friend of Tonga, Adrienne L. Kaeppler died in …

Eric Coote (1941 – 2022)

06/06/2022 In Memoriam, Members Only, V27 Issue 2

Personal reflections from Crispin Howarth Eric and I first met when he visited Melbourne around 2001 or 2002. We met on Chapel Street and over lunch we spoke of nothing …

Georgina Beier 1938 – 2021

29/08/2021 In Memoriam, V26 Issue 3

By Keith Jackson Georgina Beier, called the ‘founding mother’ of contemporary art in Papua New Guinea, died in Sydney on Sunday 11 July 2021 aged 82. Her husband, Ulli Beier …

Harry Beran | Tributes received by the OAS

31/05/2021 In Memoriam, V26 Issue 2

Main image caption: Dr Harry Beran interviews residents of Egum Islet in Milne Bay in October 2017. Photograph: Luke Wong, ABC. Reproduced with permission of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Scholar, author …

Evarne Coote

05/03/2021 In Memoriam, V26 Issue 1

by Eric Coote On 5 January 2021 we lost Evarne Coote, a long time friend of the OAS and the world of tribal art collectors. Evarne spent her life serving …

Jutta Malnic (1924 – 20 October 2020)

29/11/2020 In Memoriam, V25 Issue 4

by Chris Boylan Photographer and author; above all, a person of great learning, wisdom and generosity. Jutta was educated in Switzerland where her father was the German Consul-General, but after his death …

Obituary – Barbara Perry

07/06/2020 In Memoriam, V25 Issue 2

13 August 1938 – 10 November 2019. By Ron May Barbara Perry was a larger than life character, well known in Oceanic art circles in Sydney, and later in Brisbane. …

Vale Jim Sinclair

05/03/2018 In Memoriam, V23 Issue 1

James (Jim) Sinclair CSM OBE D.Litt, passed away in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on 9 October 2017. Jim Sinclair was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1992, an …

Dr Hugh Gallagher

13/11/2017 In Memoriam, V22 Issue 5

Vale Dr Hugh Gallagher OAS is sad to announce the passing of another of its founding members who remained with us until the last, Dr Hugh Gallagher, 29.09.1929 – 12.09.2017. …

David Tribe

David Tribe

13/11/2017 In Memoriam, V22 Issue 5

Vale David Tribe OAS mourns the loss of one of its founding and staunchest members, David Tribe, OAS Member number 66, who passed away in Sydney 30 May 2017 aged …

Senta Taft Hendry

01/02/2015 In Memoriam, V20 Issue 1, Volume 20

28 January 1924 – 6 December 2014 Last December saw the passing of tribal art collector and adventurer, Senta Taft-Hendry. At 85 years of age she was easily Australia’s oldest …

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