Rachel Mary Roxburgh

Rachel Mary Roxburgh (21 September 1915 – 13 April 1991) was an Australian artist, potter, colonial historian and environmental activist.

Early life and education Roxburgh was born like her parents in Sydney, Australia. She was born in Point Piper on 21 September 1915. Her parents were Norah Marjorie (born Carleton) and John Norton Roxburgh. She attended Ascham School and the Intermediate Course in 1933. She then attended the Adelaide Perry Art School in Sydney.

Awards and legacy Roxburgh received a British Empire Medal in 1979 for services to the community.

A 1939 portrait of Roxburgh by Adelaide Perry is held in the National Portrait Gallery of Australia.

The Art Gallery of New South Wales holds 21 boxes of papers relating to Roxburgh's work as a painter and potter, including extensive personal correspondence from 1945 to 1990, diaries, sketchbooks, newspaper cuttings and exhibition catalogues.

One folio package and 19 boxes of her extensive research into the history of colonial buildings about which she wrote, correspondence and family papers all gathered between 1960 and 1986 are held by the National Library of Australia.

The National Trust held a Retrospective Exhibition of her paintings, pottery, books, photographs and memorabilia at Cooma Cottage, Yass and Riversdale, Goulburn in May–June 1993.

Works

Books History of Riversdale, Goulburn, The National Trust of Australia New South Wales, 1970 Early Colonial Houses of New South Wales, Ure Smith, 1974, Colonial Farm Buildings of New South Wales, Rigby, 1978, Berrima Court House, Berrima Court House Trust, 1981, Throsby Park: An account of the Throsby Family in Australia 1802-1840, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, 1989

Articles "Thomas Potter Macqueen of Segenhoe", Royal Historical Society Journal, vol. 58, pt. 3 September 1972

Death Roxburgh died on 13 April 1991 at Castle Hill, New South Wales.