Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Australian National Herbarium, viewed 17 June 2016 biographical notes (Blakebrough, Les (1930- ) Born in England and came to Australian in 1948. Les Blakebrough is regarded as one of Australia’s leading ceramic artists) https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/blakebrough-les.html
Holmes, Jonathan. Les Blakebrough, 1989 title page (Les Blakebrough)
It's an honour, viewed 17 June 2016 (Name: Blakebrough, Les. Award: Member of the Order of Australia. Post-nominal: AM. Date granted: 10 June 2013. State: NSW. Suburb: Darlinghurst ... Citation: For significant service to the visual arts as a ceramicist and educator and through professional artistic associations) http://itsanhonour.gov.au
Les Blakbrough b. 1930, National Portrait Gallery, updated 2009, viewed 17 June 2016 (Les Blakebrough (b. 1930), ceramic artist, arrived in Australia from England in 1948. In the 1950s he studied pottery at East Sydney Technical College, and he began an apprenticeship with the Sturt pottery workshop under Ivan McMeekin in 1957. Blakebrough became director of the workshop, situated in Mittagong, NSW, in 1959 ... In 1973 he established the ceramics department at the Tasmanian School of Art, and he later set up his own studio at Mt Nelson, Tasmania. Blakebrough was a founding member of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council) http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/les-blakebrough-1930
Les Blakebrough interviewed by Michelle Potter, 2016 signed rights agreement (Associate Professor Les Blakebrough A.M. Place of residence: Coledale, N.S.W. Date of birth: 5/10/1930. Previous or current professions/occupations: 1964-72 Director Sturt Workshops, Mittagong. 1973-2010 Associate Professor/Research Fellow)