Fuller, Amy Vardy   (1869 - 1944)

Born 1869 in ?Victoria; died 21 August 1944 in Dandenong;
her cremated remains scattered at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Greater Dandenong, Victoria.

Amy was the youngest among four daughters and second-youngest child of John Hobson Fuller who had migrated from England, first to South Africa and subsequently to Geelong in Victoria where he practised as an accountant.

The girls had unusual artistic ability. Florence, who never maried, was a talented oil-painter. Florence, who never maried, was a talented oil-painter and her work exhibited both at the London Academy and Paris Salon. Another sister, later Mrs C.C. Lance was a singer, and the third sister became Mrs F.W. Parsons and was an art teacher.

Any received her education at the Presbyterian Ladies College, Melbourne and was a keen sportswoman.

Music was Amy's chosen career, and her debut as a vocalist came at the age of 20 in Melbourne during 1889; subsequently she appeared also as soloist with the Melbourne Liedertafel. By 1894 she had sung on concert platforms in Perth and South Africa: thereafter she taught singing both in Melbourne and Western Australia, where she was resident for a number of years.

But it is for her water-colours of the flora that Miss Fuller enjoys a lasting reputation. She said:

"It was only my love of fowers that prompted me to find a way to preserve the memory of the thousands of native fowers that came under my notice whilstI was living in Cape Town with my relatives."

ARTS AND CRAFTS.
"Miss Amy Fuller (Melbourne) has issued invitations for tbe opening
of her exhibition of craft work, chiefly of stained woods, introducing
original Australian floral designs and 'colourings'. . ."

AMY FULLER PAINTINGS
The beautiful and accurate paintings of wildflowcrs by the
late Miss Amy Fuller are the property of the Club, but we have not
the facilities to show them properly.
Members may be interested therefore to know that they have
been made available to the Native Plants Preservation Society
which will be displaying some of them in the Mutual More subway windows.
This display is due to start on September !7, the pictures will be varied from
time to time and sets should be on show there tor several wceks.

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/244290664/amy-vardy-fuller
The Register (Adelaide) Tue 26 Aug 1924, Page 4
https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Amy_Fuller
Willis, J.H. in Vic. Nat. Vol. 73 Sept. 1956 p.78
Vic. Nat. Vol. 74 Feb. 1958 p.147
Portrait Photo: Vic. Nat. Vol. 74 Feb. 1958 p.148.