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Artwork in Focus - William Ellis, View of Adventure Bay, Van Diemen's Land, New Holland, 1777

Andrea Hope, 2019 In this article, I'd like discuss the painting I've used as the primary image on this website. It was painted in 1777...

Artwork in Focus - Sydney Parkinson, Kangaroo, 1770

Andrea Hope, 2018 In my introductory blog, I included beautiful centuries old rock art of a kangaroo from the Kimberleys, painted by an...

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Colonial Art in the Illawarra, NSW

Andrea Hope, 2018 The initial colonial expansion in NSW was to the poorer lands close to the small settlement at Sydney Cove. Wheat was...

Art of the Early Explorers

Andrea Hope, 2018 Whilst the rock paintings, bark and body decorations of the Aborigines all testified to their close affinity with the...

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