Jessamine Buxton

Buxton was educated at Adelaide High School and won a scholarship to study at the South Australian Royal Society of Arts.

[2] In 1915, Buxton designed a patriotic Christmas card for soldiers, wishing them luck at the Front and a safe return home.

She had a major impact as an art educator and influenced South Australian sculptor and artist John Stuart Dowie.

[5] Dowie was also taught by Marie Tuck, another influential South Australian women artist and teacher of the same era.

[8] During the war, Dr Henry Newland assigned Buxton the task of sketching human organs after they were removed.