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Arthur Streeton at the camp at Mosman c1892-1893

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State Library of New South Wales
[a4364007 / P1/1707]
(Mitchell Library)

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Artists' camps
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Curlew Camp Mosman
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State Library of New South Wales

Artists' camps

Sydney's artists' camps flourished around the harbour from the 1880s until the 1910s, allowing young artists to live cheaply together and paint their surroundings in the open air.

Painting

Streeton, Arthur

Painter and war artist who, despite no formal instruction, captured the light, heat and distance of the Australian landscape.

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Curlew Camp

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Bushland camping area on the eastern shore of Little Sirius Cove used by artists in the 1880s and 1890s.

Little Sirius Cove

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Cove at Mosman, to the east of Mosman Bay.

Mosman

Large suburb on Sydney's lower north shore which, since colonial times, has been home to civil maritime and defence installations, and is also a popular recreation area, with many harbour beaches, Taronga Zoo and pockets of Sydney Harbour National Park.

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