她在卡斯特顿读过小学,后在巴拉瑞特的中学女王学院寄宿。在巴拉瑞特,她表现出很强的绘画天赋,在巴拉瑞特上过私人素描课,还曾写过一部戏剧,由同学表演[3]。她的家人搬迁到南亚拉肯辛顿路22号后[4],她转入墨尔本英格兰教会女子文法学校(Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School)完成了最后一年的学业。1914年,她就读于墨尔本的国家美术馆学校,师从弗雷德里克·麦卡宾、马克思·梅尔德伦,后者颇具争议的理论对她影响很大[5]。
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^Beckett, Clarice. Silent approach. Item held by National Gallery of Australia. [2019-07-28]. (原始内容存档于2016-08-17).
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^Strickland, Katrina, Affairs of the art : love, loss and power in the art world, Melbourne University Publishing, 2013, ISBN 978-0-522-85862-4
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