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Name	Helen Dora Lempriere
Alternative Names	Helen Dora Wood
Born	12 December, 1907 Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	5 November, 1991 (aged 83) Mona Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	general debility
Related Entries	[View as tree] Melba, Nellie (aunt) Mitchell, David (grandfather) Lempriere, Geoffrey Raoul (cousin) Lempriere, William Henry (cousin) Lempriere, Peter Leland (cousin) Roland, Betty (acquaintance) Colquhoun, Alexander (teacher) Jorgensen, Justus (teacher)
Education *	Toorak Ladies' College (Melbourne) (student, 1919-1925)
Occupation *	painter (1938-1945) Victoria, Australia sculptor (1938-1945) Victoria, Australia painter (1950-1965) Overseas painter (1965-1991) New South Wales, Australia
Legacies *	Helen Lempriere Scholarships (Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi) (eponym) Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship (NSW Govt) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Lemwood Productions Pty Ltd (co-owner)
Key Places *	Montsalvat (Eltham, Vic) (resident, 1938)

* Dates are approximate