Rifle Birds, 2 July 1928
Margaret Preston (1875–1963)
The Home: The Australian Journal of Quality, vol. 9. No. 7
ML F/243
Margaret Preston was one of the first European artists to incorporate Aboriginal motifs in her paintings. Rifle Birds, featured on the cover of The Home magazine, includes representations of two Aboriginal carved trees as an important part of the composition. The current whereabouts of this painting is unknown.