Hulda Marshall

[7] Frederik’s son, Lauritz, aged twelve, was put in a government orphanage; Nicoline Anna, 3 years old, was fostered out; Hulda, 9 months old, was left with a maternal aunt and uncle to be raised.

[11][12]Hulda ultimately moved from New Zealand to Australia, and on 31 October 1888 she married Thomas Marshall, at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Waverley, in Sydney.

[30] She continued to develop her oil painting and watercolour skills in Australia, specialising in landscapes of the plein air school.

The studio in her home had sketches of harbour, coastal, mountain and ocean scapes, hanging from the ceiling to the floor.

[31] Hulda studied under Alfred Coffey, who opened the Music and Art Salon in 177 Pitt St, Sydney on 15 Aug 1903.

[34] A keen traveller, both within Australia, and overseas, Hulda recorded the natural world wherever she went, as evidenced from the titles of her art works – locations from Queensland to Tasmania, from New Zealand to Java, Japan, Manilla and Rabaul.

[26] Besides showing her work in exhibitions, Hulda often contributed artworks to fundraisers such as The Great Australian Fair of 1897, which was held to raise money to build St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney.

[47] In September 1901, Hulda, dressed in traditional Danish costume, was in charge of the bachelor's stall at the Skandinavian fete, held in Sydney Town Hall, a rallying cry to all Skandinavians in Sydney, to raise money for a cot at the Children's Hospital, Glebe.

[48] In 1921 Hulda travelled to Denmark with her husband Tom, and close friend Sheila Payne, as part of a grand tour of Britain and Europe, visiting the famous art centres of the 'old world'.

A cousin in Denmark received 3,000 pounds; her friend Stella Payne Baxter inherited her house with its contents and other properties.

[56][57] The bronze plaque which is beneath the stained glass panels which Hulda had installed in St Thomas’ Church, North Sydney, reads: To the Glory of God/ and in loving memory of/ THOMAS MARSHALL/ Died 11th Dec 1935/ Erected by his Widow/ And of HULDA Wife of the above/ Who died 30th July 1938/ “she being dead yet speaketh”.