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Visual Arts

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A Short History of the Black and White Artists' Club

Australian Arts Club

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Cooperative

Fowles, Joseph

George Caleb Hedgeland

Henry, Lucien

Lindsay, Lionel

Margaret Flockton at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Museum of Contemporary Art

National Art School

Painting Old Sydney

Redfern Park

Stained glass

The Archibald Prize

The Biennale of Sydney

The Life and Death of Joe Lynch

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Transcript: Mr Walter John Ferguson recalls the noted Australian artist Eric Wilson

XV Independent Group of Artists

Art and Australia

Art in Australia

Australian Decorative Arts

Felix the cat

Lone Hand

Old Sydney

Picturesque Atlas of Australasia

Puppy: Jeff Koons

Sydney Punch

Sydney in 1848

Tankstream - into the head of the Cove...

The Australasian Art Review

The Sydney drawing book, composed of little scraps for little hands: in a progressive course of easy shaded studies

The elementary free-hand drawing book...

Tien Ve

Vase de Rimini

War-Atah: Australian Legend

Waterholes 2018 by Leanne Mulgo Watson

Wrapped Coast – One Million Square Feet

Kirkbride

Museum of Contemporary Art

Yellow House

Biennale of Sydney

Burdekin House Exhibition

Koori Art '84

Stanley Awards

Sydney Olympic Arts Festival 2000

Urban Kooris 1986

Wynne Prize

Burragurra (Devil's Rock)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board

Arts NSW

Artspace Sydney

Ashwin & Falconer

Australia Council

Australian Arts Club

Australian Cartoonists' Association

Australian Writers and Artists Union

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Cooperative

College of Fine Arts

Contemporary Art Society

Gang 364

Julian Ashton Art School

Kaldor Public Art Projects

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

National Art School

PACT

Power Institute Foundation for Art and Visual Culture

Rousel Studios

Royal Art Society of NSW

Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia

Society of Artists

Society of Arts and Crafts

Sydney College of the Arts

Waverley Woollahra Arts School

XV Independent Group of Artists

Andrews, Gordon

Annand, Douglas

Balcombe, Thomas Tyrwhitt

Barrett, Thomas

Blackman, Charles

Campbell, Cressida

Campbell, Henry I

Carmichael, John Black

Carter, Norman

Christo

Clint, Raphael

Coburn, John

Collingridge, Arthur

Collingridge, George

Collins, Albert

Coombs, H C (Nugget)

Croft, Brenda L

Cross, Stanley George

East, John Barton

Evans, George William

Fillans, James Davidson

Finey, George

Flockton, Margaret

Forde, Edward

Fowles, Joseph

French, Leonard

Frith, John Eric

Fullwood, Albert Henry

Gibbs, May

Gibson, Ross

Gittoes, George

Goold, Bruce

Hartt, Cecil

Hedgeland, George Caleb

Henry, Lucien Felix

Hibberd, Lily

Hilder, Bim

Hinder, Margel

Hopkins, Livingston (Hop)

Horton, Mervyn

Hughes, Robert

Jeanne-Claude

Johnson, Michael

Julius, Harry

Kaldor, John

Kerr, Joan

Kirkman, John

Klaphake, Alice

Kolenberg, Hendrik

Koons, Jeff

Lai, Joy

Lewers, Margo

Lewin, John William

Lindsay, Lionel

Lindsay, Rose

Low, David

Lynch, Joe

Maclehose, James

Marquet, Claude Arthur

May, Phil

McGarvie, William

McGrath, Eileen

McGrath, Raymond

Meryon, Charles

Morgan, Sally

Nicholls, Sydney Wentworth (Syd)

Norton, Rosaleen

O'Callaghan, Mel

O'Doherty, Chris

O'Sullivan, Patrick

Paul, Mick

Phelps. Phillip Henry Ferdinand

Pink, Olive Muriel

Preston, Margaret

Proctor, Thea

Pugh, Clifton

Roberts, Mary Ellen

Rodius, Charles

Samuels, Jeffrey

Schell, Frederic

Shaw, Gayfield

Shirlow, John

Smith, Bernard

Smith, Sydney Ure

Souter, David Henry

Taylor, James

Thompson, John

Watson, Judy

Watson, Leanne Mulgo

Darlinghurst Gaol

P&O Wall Fountain

ACACIA PENDULA. A.Cunningham 1877

Art student sculptor Tom Bass at home with his wife Lenore and their children 1948

May Gibbs c1925

'Dante's Inferno' Ball, Paddington Town Hall 1962

'High Tide East Coast' stained glass by Cedar Prest at Sydney Airport

'High Tide East Coast' stained glass work by Cedar Prest at Sydney Airport

'Mackenzie's Point Stingray' Sydney Aboriginal Rock Engraving Series 2007

A New Society: the establishment of the Australian Society of Black and White Artists July 1924

Apium prostratum c1804

Argyle Street, looking towards the Observatory Hill c1902

Art class at Malek Fahd Islamic school, Greenacre 2004

Art student Tom Bass at work on a sculpture at East Sydney Technical College 1948

Art student sculptor Tom Bass at home with his wife Lenore and their children 1948

Artists Rosaleen Norton, Roy Dalgarno and Eric Maguire during rest period of drawing class at Sydney's Studio of Realist Art (SORA), in George Street 1948

Artists Rosaleen Norton, Roy Dalgarno and Eric Maguire during rest period of life drawing class at Sydney's Studio of Realist Art, in George Street, March 1948

At Elizabeth Bay 1894

Back cover of guide to 1978 Festival of Sydney events

Bali Bombing Victims Memorial, Coogee 17 December 2014

Bara (eels) 2020

Bird's egg c1861

Bora Rock: aboriginal markings near Manly Water-works Gully 13 September 1891

Bungaree, Chief of the Hawkesbury Tribe c1836

Cambridge St, looking towards the Argyle Cut 1901

Cell Block Theatre, 1960s

Charcoal European ship in rock-shelter in Lane Cove River Valley

Costume cavalcade at Artists' Ball at the Trocadero 6 November 1953

Cover of Fowles' 'Sydney drawing book' 1876

Cover of Marcus Clarks' spring & summer catalogue 1926/27

Darug Land 2019

Darug women Rhiannon Wright, Leanne Watson and Erin Wilkins with Rene Breuls visiting a rockshelter in the Maroota area September 2019

Demonstration march, gates of the NAS 2006

Engraved kangaroos or wallabies at Shaws Creek, Nepean River

Engraved whale at Balls Head, Port Jackson

Entrance to Dymock's Book Arcade with Melocco Bros terrazzo paving, April 1938

Experimental Drawing students 2009

Explanatory description of the Publick Buildings &c of the Town of Sydney, Port Jackson, as express'd in the View engraved under the inspection of Mr Thomson late acting chief surgeon in the settlement, published April 10 1804

Fishing boats, Hawkesbury River, Sydney 1888

Former Sydney Lord Mayor Harry Jensen, drawn 2013

Former Sydney Lord Mayor, Leo Port, drawn 2013

From My Camp (Sirius Cove) 1896

George Street and Charlotte Place 1848

Gurangatty 2020

Headstone of artist JW Lewin in Devonshire Street Cemetery before its resumption in 1901

Hugh Dixson 1915

Illustration of rock carving showing man with axe and hat that was done by Hiram c1855 in the Hawkesbury area 1896

Installation outside Sydney Opera House by Korean artist Choi Jeong Hwa for Sydney Biennale 2008

Jeffrey Samuels, Boomalli workshop, Chippendale 1987

John Knox, St Andrew's College, University of Sydney

Joseph Fowles, c1875

Koala engraving at Westleigh, now destroyed c1970

Life's Tragedy: announcement in Smith's Weekly of Joe Lynch's death, 1927

Lionel Lindsay

Lucien Henry design for wallpaper 1915

Lucien Henry in his studio, Pitt Street c1890

Major Alfred Spain 1915

Margaret Preston at her home, Berowra 1936

Margel Hinder’s sculpture installed in front of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Martin Place façade, December 1964

Melocco Bros craftsman making the brass filigree fretwork for a coat of arms for Mitchell Library vestibule floor mosaic 1940

Melocco Bros working on the Tasman Map mosaic, 1940

Model and artist Rosaleen Norton poses for Hal Missingham's advance drawing class at the Studio of Realist Art (SORA) in George Street, March 1948

Mosman Bay 1907

NAS Drawing Studio 2008

NAS drawing students 2008

NAS students drawing in the restored chapel 2004

National Art School Campus 1960s

Ordering a drink at the Marble Bar 20 December 1937

Painting class at WEA Summer School at Newport 1971

Pat Sullivan and his wife, Marjorie with entries for the â€œDraw Felixâ€ competition in New York 1923

Patron in the Marble Bar looking at painting 'Noon' by Julian Ashton 20 December 1937

Pitt Street 1848

Pitt Street 1848

Pitt Street 1848

Portrait of the late Joseph Fowles

Public Notice to Artists: The Archibald Prize July 1921

Puppy by Jeff Koons, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Rocks 1996

Reg Mombassa, drawn 2013

Rock carving on Darug country of an echidna 2006

Rosaleen Norton 1943

Sculptural wall enrichment designed by Bim Hilder for the foyer of the Reserve Bank of Australia head office, during its installation in 1965

Society of Artists' Selection Committee 1907

Southern end of York Street 1848

Stained glass by David Wright in Chapel of the Holy Spirit, St James' Anglican church

Stained glass figure representing New South Wales, Sydney Town Hall

Stained glass in the Shakespeare Room, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Sydney Harbour from Milson's Point 1897

Sydney Harbour from Penshurst (Cremorne) 1907

Sydney Harbour: A souvenir c1897

Sydney Ure Smith, publisher and artist c1910-1915

Tamarama Beach, forty years ago, a summer morning 1899

Tattooist, Kings Cross 1975

Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R. Br. waratah

The Astor Flats, Macquarie Street 1923

The Marble Bar in Adams Hotel, August 1952

The Roll Call - or The Sudan Contingent's Return 1885

The Satyr, Royal Botanic Gardens 2014

The afterglow, Foulweather Reach, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales 1884

The front of the Charlotte Medal 1788

The purple noon's transparent might 1896

Thomas F Cosh 1915

Three stages of the Grass tree or Yellow Gum Plant, after 1794

Title page of 'The War-Atah : Australian legend' by Lucien Henry 1891

Title page of Maclehose's picture of Sydney and strangers' guide in New South Wales for 1839

Title page of the 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', Volume I, 1886

Upper Gallery New Wing Australian Museum, Sydney N.S.Wales 1866

Vase de Rimini, presented to the people of Sydney by the French government after the International Exhibition in 1879

View from Flagstaff Hill, Sydney c1844

View of the River Hawkesbury - above Raymonds Terrace, above Windsor and part of the Blue Mountains. New South Wales c1822-23

View of the heads at the entrance to Port Jackson 1824

Waterholes 2018

Wendy Sharpe at the demonstration march 2006

White hand stencils in a rock shelter in the Macdonald Valley May 2019

White pigment hand stencil in rock-shelter in Middle Harbour

Women of Dyarubbin 2020

Wuganmagulya (Farm Cove) by Brenda Croft 2000

Xanthorrhoea 1803-1806

Yellow Gum [Grass] Tree, native name Goo rung arra, after 1794

Curator Judith Blackall on the Museum of Contemporary Art 2009

Judy Friend on the history of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, recorded 2009

Mr Walter John Ferguson, interviewed in 1986, recalls Australian artist Eric Wilson who lived in Liverpool in the 1930s, and his painting 'A game of draughts'

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Visual Arts

A Short History of the Black and White Artists' Club

The Society of Australian Black and White Artists was the first association of newspaper artists in the world. From 1924 to 1946, it hosted over 20 Black and White Artists' balls around Sydney, raising money and causing public scandal. The Black and White Artists' Club or the Australian Cartoonists' Association (as it is now known) has around 300 members

Australian Arts Club

Associated with Sydney art identity Sydney Ure Smith, the Australian Arts Club sought to provide a common meeting ground for artists, for discussion and study.

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Cooperative

Formed after a backlash against contemporary Aboriginal art, Boomalli provided Indigenous artists with a space free from external definitions of Aboriginality.

Fowles, Joseph

Farmer, businessman, racing enthusiast, Joseph Fowles was also a successful artist, who left a visual record of Sydney in 1848 that remains invaluable to historians.

George Caleb Hedgeland

George Caleb Hedgeland was a colonist who successfully turned his hand to several diﬀerent professions during his lifetime. A surveyor who undertook alignment surveyors of streets across Sydney in the late nineteenth cenutry, he had also been a pastoralist, artist and stained glass artist.

Henry, Lucien

Freed from incarceration in New Caledonia for his revolutionary activities in the Paris Commune, Lucian Henry built a new life in Sydney as an artist, teacher and advocate for native Australian motifs in the decorative arts.

Lindsay, Lionel

One of the large Lindsay family of artists and writers, Lionel Lindsay settled in Sydney from 1903, and became a well known art writer as well as a noted watercolourist and printmaker.

Margaret Flockton at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Margaret Flockton made an enormous contribution to early Australian botanical illustration and taxonomy in her role as the first botanical illustrator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Flockton is finally being given the lasting credit due to her, joining the ranks of other acclaimed, first illustrators such as Marianne of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Museum of Contemporary Art

Housed in an Art Deco building constructed for the Maritime Services Board in the 1940s, the Museum of Contemporary Art is based on the Power collection of contemporary art, gathered by John Power, and maintained at the University of Sydney until premises could be found for it.

National Art School

The National Art School has been at the centre of Sydney's art scene for almost a century, and has nurtured the talents of generations of artists who have studied and worked in studios within the walls of the old Darlinghurst Gaol.

Painting Old Sydney

Just over a century ago, a unique collection of paintings opened a window to the urban life of the Rocks and Millers Point before their major transformation. No part of Sydney had been depicted so intensively. The Old Sydney Exhibition succeeded in bringing the loss of Old Sydney to the attention of the public, and so planted the seeds of the heritage conservation movement.

Redfern Park

Redfern Park has always been a significant social, cultural, political and historical site for Aboriginal people both as a sporting venue and place of reflection for the community.

Stained glass

An integral part of Sydney's nineteenth-century architectural heritage, stained glass was a medium where artists displayed their visions of the colony's future.

The Archibald Prize

The Archibald Prize is an institution in the Australian art calendar and an event keenly anticipated every year. It is the source of great debate and controversy and above all, an exhibition the public adores.

The Biennale of Sydney

Spanning multiple venues from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cockatoo Island and the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Biennale of Sydney embraces the city as physical space and cultural landscape. As sites to be celebrated, explored and culturally excavated, the exhibitions have become as much a celebration of how visitors experience Sydney as how audiences experience art.

The Life and Death of Joe Lynch

Had it not been for Kenneth Slessor's poem 'Five Bells', the death of Joe Lynch might have been just another drowning in Port Jackson, not the first, and regrettably not the last. Slessor's poem inspired John Olsen's 1963 painting, Five Bells, on permanent display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and his 1973 mural, Salute to Five Bells, installed in the northern foyer of the main concert hall at the Sydney Opera House. In the Royal Botanic Gardens near the Opera House gate, Guy Lynch's Satyr, modelled on Joe, looks out to sea to where his brother drowned and where the Manly Ferry passes on its daily route.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Since opening in the old Maritime Services Board building at Sydney Cove in 1991, the Museum of Contemporary Art has taken its place among other Sydney's icons. Located on one of Sydney's, and indeed Australia's, most historically laden sites, the MCA brought contemporary art to the city at a moment when Sydney saw that the living dreams of present-day artists were part of its busy life.

Transcript: Mr Walter John Ferguson recalls the noted Australian artist Eric Wilson

Mr Walter John Ferguson, born in 1912, interviewed in 1986 for 'Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900 to 1960' project, recalls the noted Australian artist Eric Wilson.

XV Independent Group of Artists

Disillusioned with the existing art societies, 15 dissident artists formed themselves into a group promoting 'some intelligible message and a sound craftsmanship with which to express it'.

Art and Australia

Periodical devoted to the art of Australia and the Pacific.

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Art in Australia

Magazine published by Sydney Ure Smith to enable artists to blur the lines between commercial art and art.

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Australian Decorative Arts

The major work proposed by Lucien Henry for which he made some one hundred watercolour designs between 1889 and 1891 but which was never published. The watercolour designs from the book are held at the Powerhouse Museum.

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Felix the cat

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Cartoon character credited to Sydney-born artist Pat Sullivan. There is some debate as to whether the character was actually created by Otto Mesmer, another animator in Sullivan's American studio.

Lone Hand

Illustrated monthly magazine published from 1907 until 1921 by Jules Francois Archibald and John Haynes.

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Old Sydney

Limited edition book of illustrations by Sydney Ure Smith with text by Charles Bertie, published in 1911 by Angus & Robertson.

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Picturesque Atlas of Australasia

Ambitious multi-volume atlas of Australasia published between 1886 and 1888 with over a thousand original engravings by leading artists.

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Puppy: Jeff Koons

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Temporary public artwork created by American artist Jeff Koons that was exhibited in the forecourt of the Museum of Contemporary Art at Circular Quay from 12 December 1995 until 17 March 1996. A 12.4 metre high structure in the shape of a terrier that was then filled with soil and flowering plants, it was the tenth work supported by Kaldor Public Art Projects.

Sydney Punch

Illustrated satirical periodical with various publishers from 1864 until 1888. Modelled on the English Punch magazine, Sydney Punch was established in 1864 by Edgar Ray, one of the founders of the older Melbourne Punch.

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Sydney in 1848

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Book published by author and artist Joseph Fowles in 1848 which depicted Sydney's streets and buildings in that year.

Tankstream - into the head of the Cove...

Public artwork by Lynne Roberts-Goodwin that traces the path of the Tank Stream through the city in five separate sites between Pitt Street Mall and Alfred Street through the installation of blue glass rods into the paving. Commissioned by the City of Sydney and installed in 1999.

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The Australasian Art Review

Monthly journal of art, music and drama published by George de Cairos.

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The Sydney drawing book, composed of little scraps for little hands: in a progressive course of easy shaded studies

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Series of books of drawing exercises for children by artist Joseph Fowles that were published by Gibbs Shallard & Co in Sydney in the late 1870s.

The elementary free-hand drawing book...

Book by Joseph Fowles, published in 1864 by J J Moore in George Street, for use in classrooms to teach drawing. The full title was 'The elementary free-hand drawing book on the plan used in the public schools of Great Britain, under the authority of the Department of Science and Art, in the public schools of New South Wales, by authority of the Council of Education, and in the public schools of Queensland. with full instructions by J. Fowles'.

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Tien Ve

Online centre for Vietnamese art and literature.

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Vase de Rimini

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Vase made Sevres Imperial Manufactory in 1869 which was one of a pair sent by France to be exhibited in the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition with many other decorative items to demonstrate France's rich cultural heritage. It was presented afterward by the Commissary-General A Mathieu "on behalf of the French Republic, to the City Corporation of Sydney, C J Roberts, Mayor 1879" in gratitude for the exhibition and with "the full appreciation my countrymen have of the energy and freedom of the inhabitants of Australia, freedom extended to all, whatever may be their origin."

War-Atah: Australian Legend

Book by Lucien Henry published on his return to Paris in 1891 by English language publisher, Neal's Library. The book is fictional, allegedly a retelling of an Aboriginal legend about the origin of the waratah flower. Also referred to as 'Australian Legend: The Waratah' or 'The Legend of the Waratah'.

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Waterholes 2018 by Leanne Mulgo Watson

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Painting by Darug artist Leanne Mulgo Watson that was inspired by the lagoons around Ebenezer in the Hawkebury district, and all the life and nourishment they offered people. It was commissioned as part of the Dyarubbin: Real Secret River research project in 2018.

Wrapped Coast – One Million Square Feet

Artwork created in 1969 by artists Jeanne Claude and Christo, who wrapped a 2.5km portion of the coast of Little Bay in fabric and rope. The largest artwork every made, it was the first of their large scale environmental public artworks and the first work supported by Kaldor Public Art Projects.

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Kirkbride

First purpose built hospital for moral therapy treatment of the insane. It became part of Callan park Hospital and is now occupied by Sydney College of the Arts.

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Museum of Contemporary Art

Office block constructed for the Maritime Services Board which was converted in 1991 to house the new Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Yellow House

Art gallery at 59 Macleay Street that was transformed into an innovative multimedia space and artist's cooperative which nurtured many of Sydney's emerging artists, filmmakers, performers and musicians.

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Biennale of Sydney

International festival of contemporary art held every two years at various locations around the city. It is the third longest running biennale in the world.

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Burdekin House Exhibition

Exhibition of fine and decorative arts held at Burdekin House Macquarie Street in 1929 to raise funds for the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

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Koori Art '84

Contemporary urban Aboriginal art exhibition held in 1984 at the Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Woolloomooloo

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Stanley Awards

Award by the Australian Cartoonists' Association to acknowledge and celebrate the best in cartooning, comic book art, illustration and caricature.

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Sydney Olympic Arts Festival 2000

Cultural festival showcasing Australia's creative and performing arts, held in conjunction with the Sydney Olympics in Aug-Sept 2000.

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Urban Kooris 1986

Exhibition of urban Koori art at the Workshop Arts Centre in Willoughby which targeted public consciousness of the racial history of the country.

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Wynne Prize

Annual award for the 'the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists', judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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Burragurra (Devil's Rock)

Significant Aboriginal engraving site on the Boree track within Yengo National Park. Considered to be one of most important engraving sites in the Sydney-Hawkesbury region because of its planned composition, with the linking of the Ancestral Beings via a long line of pits, the depiction of a nesting emu, and a kangaroo hunt.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board

Organisation to provide funding for the development and promotion of traditional and contemporary arts.

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Arts NSW

State government arts policy and funding body.

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Artspace Sydney

International residency-based contemporary art centre which operates education and cultural programs and exhibitions.

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Ashwin & Falconer

Stained glass manufacturing company formed by Frederick Ashwin and John Falconer in 1877 that worked on many of Sydney's most significant buildings. Initially called Falconer & Ashwin, the names were reversed later.

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Australia Council

Arts council responsible for funding arts projects, policy implementation and arts promotion in Australia, providing advice on cultural matters to the Commonwealth Government through the Minister for the Arts.

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Australian Arts Club

Artists' society which met once a week to sketch from life and discuss art.

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Australian Cartoonists' Association

Society for artists who work in black and white, in particular cartoonists and illustrators, with sketching and etching divisions.

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Australian Writers and Artists Union

Trade union established in 1910.

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Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Cooperative

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Cooperative organisation formed by Aboriginal artists, central to the development of Sydney's modern urban Aboriginal art scene.

College of Fine Arts

The creative arts faculty of the University of New South Wales (COFA), formed 1 January 1990 from the City Art Institute.

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Contemporary Art Society

Art society formed in Melbourne in 1938 which held regular exhibitions in Sydney.

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Gang 364

Group of waterside workers considered cultural activists within the union. They comprised actors, musicians and artists, many of whom had returned from World War I and been unable to find work in their chosen field.

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Julian Ashton Art School

Australia's oldest continually running art school which has trained and nurtured generations of Sydney artists.

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Kaldor Public Art Projects

Independent arts organisation formed by John Kaldor in 1969 to support public art projects.

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Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

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Museum dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art from Australia and across the world.

National Art School

Art college that grew out of the drawing and art classes of the Technical and Working Men's College and has nurtured some of Sydney's most famous artists.

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PACT

Performing arts company that was founded in 1964 in response to the need for more Australian work in the performing arts. The company focuses on work with experimental and emerging artists. PACT originally stood for Producers Authors Composers and Talent but became the PACT (Producers Artists Curators Technicians) Centre for Emerging Arts. The organisation was originally based in the old Corn Exchange building on Sussex Street in the city before moving in January 1988 to to the PACT Theatre, a converted warehouse at 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville.

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Power Institute Foundation for Art and Visual Culture

Foundation established by a bequest from John Power to support scholarship, research and public education in fine arts.

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Rousel Studios

Signwriting and other graphic design business established by Henry Rousel in 1890. From 1912 to 1974 the business was located at 38 Oxford Street, East Sydney. It also traded as Henry Rousel, Rousel Signs and Rousel Screen Printing.

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Royal Art Society of NSW

Society of artists formed in 1880 which now has over 400 members who are selected by their peers. It has a gallery at Lavender Bay and art school at North Sydney.

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Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia

Group that organised art exhibitions in Sydney from 1847.

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Society of Artists

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Artists' group formed after the Art Society split in 1895.

Society of Arts and Crafts

Society formed in 1906 to encourage and assist the development of the use of Australian materials and motif in work and design.

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Sydney College of the Arts

The visual arts faculty of the University of Sydney.

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Waverley Woollahra Arts School

Artist's co-operative established to provide art and craft classes to the community.

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XV Independent Group of Artists

Artists' group formed in 1938. The debut exhibition was held at the Blaxland Galleries, Farmer's department store, Sydney. It was an all-male organisation, consisting of 15 artists, but allowed women to exhibit as 'guests'.

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Andrews, Gordon

One of Australia's foremost designers, he was responsible for the design of Australia's first decimal currency bank notes in 1966.

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Annand, Douglas

Artist and designer who was important in the development of 'camouflage' painting during World War II.

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Balcombe, Thomas Tyrwhitt

Artist and surveyor who worked across south east Australia with Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. His artistic works were well known in colonial Sydney and included sketches, paintings, lithography and wax models. His representations of the gold fields were especially popular. The son of early colonial treasurer William Balcombe, he was born on St Helena where Napoleon had been exiled, and knew the deposed Emperor.

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Barrett, Thomas

Convicted thief and forger who was involved in the mutiny on the Mercury in 1784 and arrived in Sydney in the First Fleet. The Charlotte medal, Australian earliest colonial art, is believed to have been engraved by him while on board the Charlotte. He was the first man hanged in Sydney after stealing food in February 1788.

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Blackman, Charles

Renowned Australian artist whose work is represented in all the Australian and state galleries.

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Campbell, Cressida

Artist best known for her woodblock printing.

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Campbell, Henry I

Draughtsman and artist who recorded scenes of early Sydney.

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Carmichael, John Black

Deaf Scottish print maker and engraver who migrated to Australia to work as a professional artist.

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Carter, Norman

Portraitist and stained-glass artist who worked on major city buildings and taught at Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney.

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Christo

Artist who with his wife Jeanne-Claude created new ways of seeing familiar landscapes, often by wrapping them in fabric as they did at Little Bay in Sydney in 1968-69.

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Clint, Raphael

Engraver, lithographer and miniature painter.

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Coburn, John

Artist renowned for large-scale abstract paintings, tapestries and vivid screenprints.

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Collingridge, Arthur

Engraver, art teacher and art publisher who, with his brother George, were regular exhibitors at the Art Society of New South Wales.

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Collingridge, George

Artist and engraver who settled at Berowra, and later Hornsby, and devoted his life to researching the earliest European discovery of Australia.

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Collins, Albert

Artist and teacher who taught at various North Shore schools before becoming a director at advertising company Smith and Julius.

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Coombs, H C (Nugget)

Economist who became the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia. He was also a strong supporter of the arts. In 1967 he persuaded Prime Minister Harold Holt to legislate to create the Australian Council for the Arts (Australia Council) as a body for the public funding of the arts. He helped found the Australian National University and helped secure funding for the Australian film industry. He was also a supporter of the rights of Australia's Indigenous people.

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Croft, Brenda L

Artist, curator, writer and lecturer, from the Gurindji/Malgnin/Mudpurra peoples.

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Cross, Stanley George

Black and white artist and cartoonist who created a number of comic characters who endured for decades from the 1930s.

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East, John Barton

English artist who arrived in Sydney from Madras in 1832, and returned there in 1835. A talented portrait and miniature artist who had exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London every year between 1818 and 1830, he executed portraits of Billy Blue, James Dowling and many others, since lost, that were highly praised in the colony. His name has frequently been transcribed as TB East, or TB Earl, instead of JB East.

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Evans, George William

Surveyor, artist and explorer who opened up the land beyond the Blue Mountains and influenced settlement at Jervis Bay and in Van Diemen's Land.

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Fillans, James Davidson

Sculptor who worked on statues and carvings on many of Sydney's most prominent buildings between the 1880s and early 1900s. Worked with William Priestley MacIntosh on ornamental carving at the Sydney Technical College and the Lands Department building. Instructor in masonry, stone and marble carving and letter cutting at Sydney Technical College, 1898.

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Finey, George

Black and white artist famous for his caricatures and strong left wing political views.

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Flockton, Margaret

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Botanical illustrator and artist who was considered a gifted artist and lithographer.

Forde, Edward

Draughtsman, artist and explorer who died after contracting typhoid whilst exploring near Menindee.

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Fowles, Joseph

Artist and teacher who left a record in illustrations of Sydney in the mid-nineteenth century.

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French, Leonard

Prominent Australian symbolist artist from Melbourne who was renowned for his work in stained glass, especially the ceiling of the National Gallery in Melbourne and windows at the National Library of Australia in Canberra.

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Frith, John Eric

Artist, sculptor and cartoonist.

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Fullwood, Albert Henry

Black and white artist and etcher whose works were often seen in the illustrated journals of the day.

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Gibbs, May

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Author and illustrator whose gumnut babies and bad 'banksia men' delighted generations of children.

Gibson, Ross

Ross Gibson is Professor of Contemporary Arts at the University of Sydney. His research includes writing, film and art installations. His most recent book, 26 Views of the Starburst World, about William Dawes, was published in 2012. His serialised photographic poem, AccidentMusic, was published online weekly in partnership with the Justice and Police Museum in Sydney from 2010 to 2013. In 2007 he worked with Kate Richards on a collaborative project called Bystander, an interactive audiovisual environment with the Justice and Police Museum Sydney.

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Gittoes, George

Artist who works in a variety of media to portray the effects on the environment of war, industry and disasters around the world.

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Goold, Bruce

Printmaker, artist and designer.

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Hartt, Cecil

Cartoonist who perfected the image of the Australian digger as independent, easygoing and disrespectful of authority.

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Hedgeland, George Caleb

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Surveyor who undertook alignment surveys of streets across Sydney in the late nineteenth cenutry. He was also a pastoralist, artist and stained glass artist.

Henry, Lucien Felix

French-born artist and teacher who was one of the first to use Australian motifs in his sculpture and decorative art, and was a founder of the Art Society of New South Wales.

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Hibberd, Lily

Visual artist and writer practicing in performance, painting, photography, video and installation. She works in collaboration with communities and artists to tell old and new stories based on places, memories and histories.

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Hilder, Bim

Artist and sculptor whose 'wall enrichment' sculptures for the Reserve Bank of Australia building at Martin Place in the 1960s won much acclaim. He and his wife, artist Roma Hopkinson, were active members of the Castlecrag community.

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Hinder, Margel

American born sculptor who came to Sydney with her Australian husband Frank Hinder in 1934.

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Hopkins, Livingston (Hop)

American-born artist and cartoonist who became an illustrator for The Bulletin magazine, and produced over 19,000 drawings.

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Horton, Mervyn

Entrepreneur and editor who helped shape the artistic life of Sydney.

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Hughes, Robert

Art critic, writer and documentary maker.

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Jeanne-Claude

Artist who with her husband Christo created works of art based on seeing familiar landscapes in new ways.

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Johnson, Michael

Artist whose works express a strong orchestration of colour. He has worked and exhibited around the world.

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Julius, Harry

Cartoonist, printmaker and commercial artist who formed the advertising company Smith and Julius in 1909 with Sydney Ure Smith.

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Kaldor, John

Textile designer and importer who became a major collector, patron and supporter of contemporary art and who has commissioned and shared public art projects since 1969.

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Kerr, Joan

Academic in fine arts and architectural heritage. Born Sydney 1938, died Sydney 2004.

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Kirkman, John

Curator and arts administrator.

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Klaphake, Alice

Casula resident who in 1976 founded The Modern Art Gallery.

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Kolenberg, Hendrik

Senior Curator Art Gallery of NSW

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Koons, Jeff

American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects like plant and balloon animals.

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Lai, Joy

Artist and photographer.

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Lewers, Margo

Artist and designer who worked in a variety of mediums including painting, textiles, sculpture and mosaic. She often worked on commissions with her husband Gerald. After their deaths, their home in Emu Plains was given to the Penrity City Council and became the Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest.

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Lewin, John William

Australia's first professional artist. A talented artist with an interest in scientific studies, Lewin decided to travel to Australia to paint its natural history. He arrived in Sydney in 1800 and was encouraged by patrons including Governor Philip Gidley King, Governor Lachlan Macquarie, William Paterson and Sir Joseph Banks. He published Australia's first illustrated book 'Birds of New South Wales' in 1813. In 1810 Governor Lachlan Macquarie appointed him to the role of coroner in the town of Sydney and of the County of Cumberland, which he held until his death in 1819. The headstone to his grave was moved from the Devonshire Street Cemetery to Pioneer Memorial Park in Botany Cemetery in 1976.

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Lindsay, Lionel

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Influential artist and member of the Lindsay family who specialised in black and white illustration, cartoons and etchings that captured quintessentially Australian scenes and characters.

Lindsay, Rose

Artist's model, printmaker and author who modelled for many of Australia's foremost artists including Sydney Long, Harold Cazneaux, Julian Ashton and her husband Norman Lindsay.

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Low, David

Cartoonist whose Bulletin drawings of Prime Minister WM Hughes during World War I made him famous, and led to him moving to England where his work featured in many publications.

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Lynch, Joe

Cartoonist and black & white artist for Smith's Weekly and Melbourne Punch, whose death in Sydney Harbour in 1927 at the age of 29 inspired Kenneth Slessor's poem 'Five Bells'. He was the model for his brother Guy (Frank) Lynch's sculpture 'The Satyr', a bronze casting of which is in the Royal Botanic Gardens in his memory. He was also the model for his brother's statue of a New Zealand digger for the World War I memorial in Devonport, New Zealand, that is known colloquially as 'the untidy soldier'.

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Maclehose, James

Writer who published an illustrated guide to Sydney in 1839, 'Maclehose's picture of Sydney and strangers' guide in New South Wales for 1839'.

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Marquet, Claude Arthur

Anti war cartoonist who produced a prolific portfolio of political satire and protest.

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May, Phil

Artist whose drawings for the Bulletin influenced later Sydney cartoonists, despite his short stay in the city.

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McGarvie, William

Scottish journalist, bookseller and art dealer, who was one of the founders of the Sydney Herald.

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McGrath, Eileen

Printmaker, art teacher and sculptor who worked predominantly in England and the United States of America.

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McGrath, Raymond

Architect, illustrator and artist who tried many media before establishing himself as an important modernist architect in England between the wars.

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Meryon, Charles

French etcher whose work inspired Lionel Lindsay and others to record Sydney's disappearing streetscapes, particularly in The Rocks.

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Morgan, Sally

Indigenous artist and author.

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Nicholls, Sydney Wentworth (Syd)

Cartoonist and book publisher who created the Fatty Finn cartoon strip.

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Norton, Rosaleen

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Artist, occultist and pagan whose art reflected her beliefs in witchcraft. She is often referred to as the Witch of Kings Cross.

O'Callaghan, Mel

Video, photographic and sculptural installation artist.

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O'Doherty, Chris

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New Zealand born artist and musician also known as Reg Mombassa.

O'Sullivan, Patrick

Cartoonist and film producer best known for his Felix the Cat animated films.

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Paul, Mick

Cartoonist known for his depictions of drunks and various artists of his era, and a foundation member of the Society of Australian Black and White Artists.

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Phelps. Phillip Henry Ferdinand

The son of the Liverpool police magistrate Colonel Lieutenant James Henry Phelps, P H F Phelps created several volumes of sketches of his surroundings in Sydney and New South Wales. He appears to have returned to England in about 1842 after the death of his father in November 1841.

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Pink, Olive Muriel

Aboriginal-rights activist, anthropologist, artist and gardener who lived in Sydney from the 1910s to 1930s before moving to Alice Springs.

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Preston, Margaret

Important Australian artist known for her modernist works as a painter and printmaker, and for championing Indigenous art and the development of national cultural identity in Australian art.

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Proctor, Thea

Important twentieth century artist, considered an arbiter of taste and style, who worked in several media including watercolour and different forms of printmaking.

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Pugh, Clifton

Renowned Australian artist.

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Roberts, Mary Ellen

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Teacher and administrator who advocated vocational training for women and was active in the Red Cross and the Feminist Club.

Rodius, Charles

Convict art teacher who became a portrait and landscape painter when he received his ticket-of-leave.

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Samuels, Jeffrey

Ngemba artist and printmaker from Bourke, New South Wales, who was a founding member of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative.

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Schell, Frederic

American artist who supervised the illustration of Andrew Garran's 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', contributing works himself and commissioning illustrations from other artists. He had worked on 'Picturesque Canada' before being appointed to the Atlas, and was an illustrator and art director on American magazines including Harper's Weekly & Frank Leslie's Illustrated News.

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Shaw, Gayfield

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Successful artist and early-twentieth century gallery owner.

Shirlow, John

Painter, etcher and cartoonist who worked mainly in Melbourne.

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Smith, Bernard

Art historian and critic.

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Smith, Sydney Ure

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Publisher and artist who sought to incorporate quality art and design with technically advanced printing in the advertising agency he founded in 1906 with Harry Julius. He also established the publishing company Art in Australia Ltd in 1920.

Souter, David Henry

Black and white artist and journalist who illustrated books, did cartoons for newpsapers and wrote operettas.

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Taylor, James

Topographical draughtsman attached to the 48th Regiment who created a series of watercolours on paper which, when joined together, formed a panorama of Sydney in 1820.

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Thompson, John

Deputy Surveyor General who as a competent sketcher and draughtsman, used his leisure hours to record views of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land whilst on official surveying expeditions.

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Watson, Judy

Waanyi artist from Queensland known for her printmaking before she diversified into painting, installation and sculpture.

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Watson, Leanne Mulgo

Darug artist, researcher and educator. Chair of the Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation.

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Darlinghurst Gaol

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Sydney's main gaol from its opening in 1841, later used as an internment camp, technical college and art school.

P&O Wall Fountain

Distinctive and significant public art work by renowned sculptor Tom Bass that was commissioned by P&O Orient Line for their new building on Hunter Street. It was fabricated in copper as a more affordable alternative to the original design of carving into the granite facade of the building.

The fountain became infamous after Oz Magazine published a satirical photograph in 1964 that showed three men of varying heights apparently using the fountain as a public toilet. Since then the work has been commonly referred to as 'The Urinal'. The photograph was the subject of a legal battle during which the editors of Oz Magazine were accused of promoting 'public pissing'. .

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ACACIA PENDULA. A.Cunningham 1877

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Contributed By

Biodiversity Heritage Library

[Iconography of Australian species of Acacia and cognate genera, by Ferdinand von Mueller, J. Ferres, Govt. Printer (Melbourne), No 6. 1877]

Art student sculptor Tom Bass at home with his wife Lenore and their children 1948

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By

Robert (Bob) Rice

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 006/Item 066]

(Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd)

May Gibbs c1925

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[PXD 304/vol. 17, 1820]

(Mitchell Library)

'Dante's Inferno' Ball, Paddington Town Hall 1962

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Contributed By

Private collection

(L-R Sadie, Billie Anderson, Michael Blakeney, Barvara Hush, Monte Cordony, Mandy McCarthy and John. Courtesy Barvara Hush)

'High Tide East Coast' stained glass by Cedar Prest at Sydney Airport

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By

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Private collection

'High Tide East Coast' stained glass work by Cedar Prest at Sydney Airport

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By

Contributed By

Private collection

'Mackenzie's Point Stingray' Sydney Aboriginal Rock Engraving Series 2007

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By

Contributed By

[www.solness.com.au]

A New Society: the establishment of the Australian Society of Black and White Artists July 1924

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[Daily Telegraph, 26 July 1924, p13 via Trove]

Apium prostratum c1804

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By

Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière

Contributed By

Biodiversity Heritage Library

[Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen, by Jacques Julien Houton de Labillardière, Parisiis :Ex typographia Dominæ Huzard,1804-1806, Pl 103]

(From courtesy Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical Garden)

Argyle Street, looking towards the Observatory Hill c1902

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Art class at Malek Fahd Islamic school, Greenacre 2004

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By

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-vn3256004]

Art student Tom Bass at work on a sculpture at East Sydney Technical College 1948

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By

Robert (Bob) Rice

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 006/Item 066]

(Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd)

Art student sculptor Tom Bass at home with his wife Lenore and their children 1948

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By

Robert (Bob) Rice

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 006/Item 066]

(Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd)

Artists Rosaleen Norton, Roy Dalgarno and Eric Maguire during rest period of drawing class at Sydney's Studio of Realist Art (SORA), ...

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Artists Rosaleen Norton, Roy Dalgarno and Eric Maguire during rest period of life drawing class at Sydney's Studio of Realist Art, ...

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 001/Item 007]

(Mitchell Library, Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd.)

At Elizabeth Bay 1894

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By

Arthur Streeton

Contributed By

National Gallery of Victoria

[Accession No: 1376-4]

(oil on wood panel; 17.2 × 41.0 cm; W.H. Short Bequest, 1944)

Back cover of guide to 1978 Festival of Sydney events

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National Library of Australia

[The Australian Women's Weekly, 28 December 1977, p43 via Trove]

Bali Bombing Victims Memorial, Coogee 17 December 2014

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By

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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/39551170@N02/16285430032]

Bara (eels) 2020

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By

Leanne Mulgo Watson

Contributed By

Leanne Mulgo Watson

Bird's egg c1861

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a1095002 / PXA 21, 6]

(from 'Drawings of bird's eggs to illustrate a proposed work on oology by EP Ramsay with other natural history drawings by Helena Scott and Harriet Scott' c1861) (Mitchell Library)

Bora Rock: aboriginal markings near Manly Water-works Gully 13 September 1891

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By

James Samuel Bray

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[c004070016 / PXA 187, 14]

(Mitchell Library)

Bungaree, Chief of the Hawkesbury Tribe c1836

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Cambridge St, looking towards the Argyle Cut 1901

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By

Contributed By

Art Gallery of New South Wales

[Accession No: 5859]

Cell Block Theatre, 1960s

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Contributed By

National Art School

(NAS Archives)

Charcoal European ship in rock-shelter in Lane Cove River Valley

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By

Contributed By

Australian Museum

Costume cavalcade at Artists' Ball at the Trocadero 6 November 1953

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[news-article41489158]

(The Australian Womens Weekly', 18 November 1953, p32 via Trove)

Cover of Fowles' 'Sydney drawing book' 1876

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Dixson Library)

Cover of Marcus Clarks' spring & summer catalogue 1926/27

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ML Q381.14102/1 ]

(Mitchell Library)

Darug Land 2019

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By

Leanne Mulgo Watson

Contributed By

Leanne Mulgo Watson

Darug women Rhiannon Wright, Leanne Watson and Erin Wilkins with Rene Breuls visiting a rockshelter in the Maroota area September ...

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By

Contributed By

Demonstration march, gates of the NAS 2006

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By

Beverley Veasey

Contributed By

National Art School

Engraved kangaroos or wallabies at Shaws Creek, Nepean River

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By

Contributed By

Australian Museum

Engraved whale at Balls Head, Port Jackson

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By

Contributed By

Australian Museum

Entrance to Dymock's Book Arcade with Melocco Bros terrazzo paving, April 1938

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_09148 / Home and Away - 9148]

(Mitchell Library)

Experimental Drawing students 2009

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By

Contributed By

National Art School

Explanatory description of the Publick Buildings &c of the Town of Sydney, Port Jackson, as express'd in the View engraved under ...

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British Library

[Maps K.Top.116.63.b.]

(Key plate to ‘A View of Sydney Cove, by Dayes and Jukes, 1804; )

Fishing boats, Hawkesbury River, Sydney 1888

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By

Livingston Hopkins

Contributed By

National Gallery of Victoria

[Accession Number:647-4]

Former Sydney Lord Mayor Harry Jensen, drawn 2013

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By

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[http://wardoneill.com/]

Former Sydney Lord Mayor, Leo Port, drawn 2013

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By

Contributed By

[http://wardoneill.com/]

From My Camp (Sirius Cove) 1896

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By

Arthur Streeton

Contributed By

Art Gallery of New South Wales

(Oil on plywood, bequest of Mrs Elizabeth Finley 1979)

George Street and Charlotte Place 1848

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(from 'Sydney in 1848 : illustrated by copper-plate engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc.' from drawings by Joseph Fowles) (Dixson Library)

Gurangatty 2020

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By

Jasmine Seymour

Contributed By

Jasmine Seymour

Headstone of artist JW Lewin in Devonshire Street Cemetery before its resumption in 1901

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Series 02: Glass negatives of headstones in Devonshire Street Cemetery, Sydney, and other cemeteries, ca. 1900-1914 / Mrs. Arthur George Foster, Mitchell Library)

Hugh Dixson 1915

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National Library of Australia

(Sydneyites as we see 'em, 1913-14-15, Newspaper Cartoonists' Association of New South Wales (Sydney) 1915)

Illustration of rock carving showing man with axe and hat that was done by Hiram c1855 in the Hawkesbury area 1896

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By

Robert Hamilton Mathews

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Biodiversity Heritage Library

[Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, VOL. XII. 1896 PLATE VIII.]

Installation outside Sydney Opera House by Korean artist Choi Jeong Hwa for Sydney Biennale 2008

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By

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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/lavagirl6699/4631276577/]

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Jeffrey Samuels, Boomalli workshop, Chippendale 1987

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By

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-vn3580955]

(Â© Juno Gemes Archive)

John Knox, St Andrew's College, University of Sydney

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By

Beverley Sherry

Contributed By

Private collection

Joseph Fowles, c1875

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[gpo1_21569 / GPO1 21569]

Koala engraving at Westleigh, now destroyed c1970

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By

Contributed By

Hornsby Shire Library

[Koala rock engraving, Westleigh c1970]

Life's Tragedy: announcement in Smith's Weekly of Joe Lynch's death, 1927

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[Smiths Weekly 21 May 1927 p3, via Trove]

Lionel Lindsay

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By

Harold Cazneaux

By kind permission of the

Cazneaux family

National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-an3110870-1]

Lucien Henry design for wallpaper 1915

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By

Contributed By

Internet Archive

[The Australian flora in applied art (1915)]

(The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden)

Lucien Henry in his studio, Pitt Street c1890

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Contributed By

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Major Alfred Spain 1915

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

(Sydneyites as we see 'em, 1913-14-15, Newspaper Cartoonists' Association of New South Wales (Sydney) 1915)

Margaret Preston at her home, Berowra 1936

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By

Harold Cazneaux

By kind permission of the

Cazneaux family

National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-vn3563499]

Margel Hinder’s sculpture installed in front of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Martin Place façade, December 1964

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Contributed By

Reserve Bank of Australia

[Reserve Bank of Australia Archives PN-003949.]

Melocco Bros craftsman making the brass filigree fretwork for a coat of arms for Mitchell Library vestibule floor mosaic 1940

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[d1_22762 / GPO1 22762]

(Mitchell Library)

Melocco Bros working on the Tasman Map mosaic, 1940

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Contributed By

State Archives & Records New South Wales

[NRS4481_St24753]

Model and artist Rosaleen Norton poses for Hal Missingham's advance drawing class at the Studio of Realist Art (SORA) in George Street, ...

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From left: Eric Maguire, Mrs Elliott, Nancy Aldag, Constance Adnam, Nancy Thom, Roderick Shaw, Helen Thurgate, Heber Williams. Standing at easel with Missingham is studio secretary Bella Morris.

By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 001/Item 007]

(Mitchell Library, Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd)

Mosman Bay 1907

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By

Arthur Streeton

Contributed By

National Gallery of Victoria

NAS Drawing Studio 2008

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By

Contributed By

National Art School

NAS drawing students 2008

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By

Contributed By

National Art School

NAS students drawing in the restored chapel 2004

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Contributed By

National Art School

(NAS Archives)

National Art School Campus 1960s

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Contributed By

National Art School

(NAS Archives)

Ordering a drink at the Marble Bar 20 December 1937

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By

Ivan Wilfrid Ive

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 030/Item 085]

(Mitchell Library, courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd)

Painting class at WEA Summer School at Newport 1971

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Contributed By

Pat Sullivan and his wife, Marjorie with entries for the â€œDraw Felixâ€ competition in New York 1923

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a1088001 / PXD 946/4]

(Mitchell Library)

Patron in the Marble Bar looking at painting 'Noon' by Julian Ashton 20 December 1937

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By

Ivan Wilfrid Ive

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 030/Item 085]

(Mitchell Library, Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd)

Pitt Street 1848

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[Dixson Reading Room Q84/56 c.9]

(Plate 34a, 'Sydney in 1848 : illustrated by copper-plate engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc.' from drawings by Joseph Fowles)

Pitt Street 1848

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[Dixson Reading Room Q84/56 c.9]

(Plate 30a, 'Sydney in 1848 : illustrated by copper-plate engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc.' from drawings by Joseph Fowles)

Pitt Street 1848

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[Dixson Reading Room Q84/56 c.9]

(Plate 40b, 'Sydney in 1848 : illustrated by copper-plate engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc.' from drawings by Joseph Fowles)

Portrait of the late Joseph Fowles

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sydney Mail, 29 June 1878)

Public Notice to Artists: The Archibald Prize July 1921

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[The Bulletin, 21 Jul 1921, p34 via Trove]

Puppy by Jeff Koons, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Rocks 1996

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By

Jeannie (JIGGS IMAGES) Fletcher

Contributed By

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/41188800@N00/2586369001/]

(JIGGS IMAGES) (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Reg Mombassa, drawn 2013

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By

Contributed By

[http://wardoneill.com/]

Rock carving on Darug country of an echidna 2006

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By

Stuart Humphreys

Contributed By

Australian Museum

Rosaleen Norton 1943

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By

Ivan Wilfrid Ive

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 020/Item 059]

(Mitchell Library, Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd.)

Sculptural wall enrichment designed by Bim Hilder for the foyer of the Reserve Bank of Australia head office, during its installation ...

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Contributed By

Reserve Bank of Australia

[Reserve Bank of Australia Archives D10/86761]

Society of Artists' Selection Committee 1907

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(l to r) Julian Ashton, Mrs Norman Lindsay, Harry Weston, Will Dyson, Norman Lindsay, young Souter, Sydney Long, DH Souter) (Mitchell Library)

Southern end of York Street 1848

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(from Joseph Fowles 'Sydney in 1848 : illustrated by copper-plate engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc. / from drawings by Joseph Fowles', Dixson Library)

Stained glass by David Wright in Chapel of the Holy Spirit, St James' Anglican church

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By

Contributed By

Private collection

Stained glass figure representing New South Wales, Sydney Town Hall

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By

Courtesy:

City of Sydney Council

Stained glass in the Shakespeare Room, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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By

Douglass Baglin

Contributed By

Private collection

(By kind permission of the Baglin estate)

Sydney Harbour from Milson's Point 1897

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By

Contributed By

Art Gallery of New South Wales

(oil on wood, 18.3 x 33.0cm board; 30.6 x 45.3 x 2.8cm frame; Bequest of Olive Blashki 1985.)

Sydney Harbour from Penshurst (Cremorne) 1907

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By

Arthur Streeton

Contributed By

Art Gallery of New South Wales

(Oil on wood, purchased 1962)

Sydney Harbour: A souvenir c1897

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By

Arthur Streeton

Contributed By

National Gallery of Australia

[Accession No: NGA 62.73]

(Gift of S H Ervin 1962)

Sydney Ure Smith, publisher and artist c1910-1915

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By

Harold Cazneaux

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a4363004 / P1/1604]

(Mitchell Library)

Tamarama Beach, forty years ago, a summer morning 1899

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By

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Art Gallery of New South Wales

[Accession No: 6535]

(oil on canvas, 99 x 59.7cm, Purchased 1938)

Tattooist, Kings Cross 1975

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By

©

Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive

Telopea speciosissima (Sm.) R. Br. waratah

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By

Margaret Flockton

Contributed By

Plantillustrations.org

[illustration: 63219]

(Maiden, J.H., Forest Flora of New South Wales, vol. 6: t. 218 (1913-1916) [M. Flockton])

The Astor Flats, Macquarie Street 1923

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National Library of Australia

[Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant, 12 Nov., 1923, p3 via Trove]

The Marble Bar in Adams Hotel, August 1952

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By

Reginald Horner

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ON 388/Box 037/Item 053]

(Mitchell Library, Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd )

The Roll Call - or The Sudan Contingent's Return 1885

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By

Livingston Hopkins

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a4235001 / V*/Cart/30]

(Mitchell Library)

The Satyr, Royal Botanic Gardens 2014

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Private collection

The afterglow, Foulweather Reach, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales 1884

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National Gallery of Victoria

[Accession Number: 364-5]

The front of the Charlotte Medal 1788

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The Charlotte medal, recognised as being Australia's earliest colonial art work, is believed to have been engraved by Thomas Barrett, a convict thief and forger, on board the First Fleet convict transport Charlotte whilst the ship was anchored in Botany Bay between 20 and 26 January 1788. It was commissioned by the First Fleet's Principle Surgeon John White, who was also the surgeon onboard Charlotte during the voyage. It is now held in the collections of the Australian National Maritime Museum.

By

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Australian National Maritime Museum

(Purchased with the assistance of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account)

The purple noon's transparent might 1896

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By

Arthur Streeton

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National Gallery of Victoria

[Accession Number: 33-2]

Thomas F Cosh 1915

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National Library of Australia

(Sydneyites as we see 'em, 1913-14-15, Newspaper Cartoonists' Association of New South Wales (Sydney) 1915)

Three stages of the Grass tree or Yellow Gum Plant, after 1794

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[SAFE/PXD 1098/vol. 5, 46]

(Watling 445/380) (Mitchell Library)

Title page of 'The War-Atah : Australian legend' by Lucien Henry 1891

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[M DSM/ QA843/ H]

(Mitchell Library)

Title page of Maclehose's picture of Sydney and strangers' guide in New South Wales for 1839

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Title page of the 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', Volume I, 1886

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[Nef 919.4 GAR (Petherick)]

Upper Gallery New Wing Australian Museum, Sydney N.S.Wales 1866

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By

Image courtesy of the

State Library of Victoria

[Accession no: H15179]

Vase de Rimini, presented to the people of Sydney by the French government after the International Exhibition in 1879

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By

Sevres Imperial Manufactory

Courtesy:

City of Sydney Council

[City of Sydney Civic Collection Accession No: 1988.450]

View from Flagstaff Hill, Sydney c1844

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a623022 / V1/1845+ /2]

View of the River Hawkesbury - above Raymonds Terrace, above Windsor and part of the Blue Mountains. New South Wales c1822-23

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Dixson Galleries )

View of the heads at the entrance to Port Jackson 1824

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[DSM/C 989, Pl 9]

(from 'Views in Australia, or, New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land delineated : in fifty views with descriptive letter press ... ' by J. Lycett, London : J. Souter, 1824-[1825])

Waterholes 2018

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By

Leanne Mulgo Watson

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Leanne Mulgo Watson

Wendy Sharpe at the demonstration march 2006

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By

Beverley Veasey

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National Art School

White hand stencils in a rock shelter in the Macdonald Valley May 2019

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© By kind permission of

White pigment hand stencil in rock-shelter in Middle Harbour

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By

Contributed By

Australian Museum

Women of Dyarubbin 2020

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By

Jasmine Seymour

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Jasmine Seymour

Wuganmagulya (Farm Cove) by Brenda Croft 2000

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Contributed By

City of Sydney Archives

[019\019347]

(NSCA CRS 904/B009)

Xanthorrhoea 1803-1806

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By

John William Lewin

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[SAFE PXC 304, 56]

(Mitchell Library)

Yellow Gum [Grass] Tree, native name Goo rung arra, after 1794

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[SAFE/PXD 1098/vol. 5, 45]

(Mitchell Library) (Watling 446/381))

Curator Judith Blackall on the Museum of Contemporary Art 2009

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Courtesy:

City of Sydney Council

(From the oral history collection)

Judy Friend on the history of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, recorded 2009

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Courtesy:

City of Sydney Council

Mr Walter John Ferguson, interviewed in 1986, recalls Australian artist Eric Wilson who lived in Liverpool in the 1930s, and his ...

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Mr Walter John Ferguson, born in 1912, interviewed in 1986 for 'Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900-1960' project, recalls the noted Australian artist Eric Wilson, who lived in Liverpool, and his painting A Game of Draughts

Transcript:
WALTER: In the main street there used to be a chap by the name of Wilson, he was a saddler, and he had one son, I think his name was Eric. He was a pretty good artist. He painted one very good one, and it hung for years in the School of Arts, of Old Bill Ashe and John Grace. They were, I'm not sure, it was that long ago now, whether it was a game of draughts or a game of chess they were playing, and Eric painted this. I know it was shifted, I don't know where it went, and I didn't find out until round about 1956 or 58, could've been a bit later again.

I was working at a place and got to know a young fella in there. He was one of the young Ashe's, Bill's son. I said to him one day, I said 'Was Bill Ashe who used to live in Liverpool your father?' He said 'Yes' I said 'You used to live over near the Clinch's Pond?' He said 'Yes, at the orchard, we had an orchard there'. He said to me, he says 'Did you ever see a painting of Dad's father, my grandfather?' 'Yes', I said, 'It used to hang in the School of Arts'. He said 'That's right',' but, he said 'It don't hang there anymore.' I said '1 knew it went'. He said 'Do you know where it is?' He said 'It's in the National Art Gallery in Canberra'.

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Liverpool City Library

(Detail from interview with Mr Walter John Ferguson and Mr George Bates, from the 'Looking back at Liverpool : an oral history of the Liverpool region 1900-1960' conducted in 1986 by Liverpool City Council, editor and project co-ordinator Catherine Johnson ; researchers Angela Imbrosciano, Verica Miiosavijevic, Kathleen Smith.)

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