Noela Hills archive

The collection contains: biographical information about Noela Hills; a large number of artworks created during Noela's tertiary student years in Brisbane and London; a large number of artworks that document Noela's development and professional practice as an artist and illustrator of magazines, newspapers, children's fiction such as Wild and Woolly, Goanna, Angry Albert and Prisoner of the Mulligrubs as well as book covers; artworks created close to her death; a large number of sketchbooks where Noela developed her artworks; professional files, correspondence, financial records, clippings and ephemera that provide insight into Noela's professional practice including her children's book illustration projects through Anne Bower Ingram OAM, exhibitions with the Thumb Gallery London and other galleries and the National Trust of Queensland in their efforts to save Anzac Square, Her Majesty's Theatre and Cloudland from redevelopment; personal correspondence that sheds light into the life of Noela Hills and her relationship with husband and architect Robert Riddel; publications Noela illustrated including children's fiction, various novels and non-fiction serials and monographs; T-shirts containing designs by Noela Hills; scrapbooks, diaries and calendars that contain snapshots of Noela's personal and professional lives; photographs that provide a record of Noela's personal life including her family, friends and social get-togethers she attended; tiles, plates and a mask painted by Noela ; and lastly clothes designed by Lydia Pearson with some of the labels designed by Noela Hills.