Dame Elisabeth went on to create a green oasis of 54 hectares that’s become one of Australia’s most beautiful and treasured gardens. Dame Elisabeth Murdoch in the garden at Cruden Farm in 1963.

At 81, Australian artist Elisabeth Cummings has never been more successful, with two Sydney exhibitions and one in Hong Kong in the past six months.

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch - a woman who touched so many lives DAME Elisabeth Murdoch has died, aged 103. She passed away peacefully last night at her home Cruden Farm in Langwarrin.