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Latitude
-39.6766915
Longitude
175.7983062
Start Date
1914-01-01
End Date
2006-01-01

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ID
tb8fe1

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Birth Place
Taihape, New Zealand
Biography
painter, was born on 24 March 1914 in Taihape, North Island, New Zealand, youngest of the three daughters of Edward Norris Borlase, manager of Raunui Station near Mount Ruapehu, and Bessie, née Morecroft. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1995 Last updated: 1992
Born
b. 24 March 1914
Summary
New Zealand-born Nancy Wilmot Borlase arrived in Sydney in 1937, studying sculpture under Lyndon Dadswell under space restrictions in her small bed-sit forced a change to painting. Increasingly inspired by the Abstract Expressionist movements in Europe and New York, Borlase won the Portia Geach Memorial Prize in 2000 for her portrait of Marie and Vida Breckenridge.
Gender
Female
Died
2006
Age at death
92