[4] Yvonne met Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd in 1940 when they were attending drawing classes at the Commercial Artists Association.
[6] In November 1950 Yvonne and fellow artist John Yule held the first exhibition of the Aladdin Gallery, on the corner of Glenferrie Road and Christobel Crescent, Hawthorn.
[7] In January 1954, tiles with handpainted aboriginal designs painted by Yvonne were being sold at Peter Bray's in Bourke Street, Melbourne for 15/- each.
"[9] Yvonne became Arthur's informal business manager, in her words, "working behind the scenes",[9] dealing with art dealers and galleries.
[10] In 1993, Yvonne and Arthur Boyd gifted to the Australian people their property, Bundanon, comprising over 1,000 hectares of bush and parkland.