Born in England in 1882, Phillips arrived in Australia as a child. She studied at the Melbourne National Gallery School under Bernard Hall and Fred McCubbin, later becoming a teacher of Fine Arts at Swinburne Technical School (in the early 1920s). She has won several awards including the 1957 Albury Prize.
The total number of works by Amelia Phillips offered for sale by auction since 1976 is 51, of which 36 (71%) were sold. This year one work has been offered for sale.
Amelia Mary Phillips is listed in the following standard biographical references:
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