Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Nov. 24, 2000-Feb. 25, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143).
Modern Australian women -- Paris and London: the call of study and life abroad -- Coming home: the influences on Australian modernism -- Individual streams: Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Grace Cossington Smith, Clarice Beckett -- A shift of emphasis -- The revival of appreciation of early 20th century women's art -- Checklist -- Artists' biographies