Russell’s colourful animations of life at the Murrin Bridge Mission in the 1950s dominate her work and illuminate her childhood experiences, showing the everyday activities like playing, camping, gathering bush foods and mission management that her family experienced. The Lachlan River, which flows next to the mission features strongly in her works and shows how important the river was to the people at the mission and how it was used. Her works show a happier side to mission life, which is often held in the memories of those who lived there and not often exposed to the greater public.