01 | Florence - a life papered over

DEC 6, 2025-1 MIN
ABC Rewind

01 | Florence - a life papered over

DEC 6, 2025-1 MIN

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<p>She’s one of Australia’s most prolific and popular designers, and yet not many people know her name, let alone her audacious life story.   </p><p>Florence Broadhurst was from regional Queensland but people who met her later in life,  thought she was English aristocrat. She reinvented herself many times throughout her life.   </p><p>Today she’s known for her wallpaper designs that cemented her in Australian design history. </p><p>But a shadow lingers over her legacy; her unsolved murder in 1977.</p><p>Guests:</p><ul><li>Helen O’Neill – Journalist and author, Florence Broadhurst: Her secret and extraordinary lives   </li><li>Dr Andrew Field – Associate Professor of Chinese History, Duke Kunshan University </li><li>Babette Hayes OAM – Interior designer </li><li>David Lennie – Screen printer, Signature Prints </li><li>Sheridan Black – Owner, Signature Handprints </li><li>Tony Russell – Former NSW Police officer </li><li>David Lloyd-Lewis – Grandson of Florence Broadhurst </li><li>Laura Doble – Interior design graduate</li></ul><p>Credits:</p><ul><li>Producer – Zoe Ferguson </li><li>Engineer – Simon Branthwaite </li><li>Executive Producer – Michelle Rayner  </li></ul>