About Rachel Buckland
Lived 1873 – 1946 (aged 72–73). Rachel Buckland was a New Zealand artist.
Rachel Susan Christabel Buckland (1873 in Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand – 1946) was a New Zealand artist. Her watercolour paintings are included in the collection of Hocken Library.
Her father was the politician John Buckland. She attended a private school in Dunedin where she met and became friends with Fanny Wimperis. The pair painted together in Dunedin and the surrounding countryside. In about 1893 the family moved to Taieri Lake Station and Buckland continued to paint watercolours there.
Personal life In 1901, she married a farmer, Lionel Orbell in Winchester. The couple lived at Geraldine for some years, then moved to Fairfield Farm at Pukeuri. One of their children, Geoffrey Orbell, was a noted naturalist.
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Who was Rachel Buckland?
New Zealand artist (1873-1946)
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Rachel Buckland was born in 1873 in Waikouaiti.
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Rachel Buckland died in 1946.
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Rachel Buckland was an artist.
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Rachel Buckland was New Zealand.
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