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Colony : Australia 1770-1861 : Frontier wars

by Cathy Leahy, Judith Ryan

This survey examines Australian art, design, and culture from 1770 to 1861, including the development of colonial settlements and the impact on Indigenous communities. It features Indigenous cultural objects, paintings, photographs, and decorative arts.

Accession 20467 ISBN 9781925432503 Publisher National Gallery of Victoria
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Cathy Leahy, Judith Ryan
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Arts, Art -- Exhibitions, Art, Australian, Political science, Social sciences, Civilisation, Art, Aboriginal Australian, Ethnology -- Australia, Imperialism, Colonisation, Aboriginal Australians -- History, Australia -- History
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Brook Andrew (Australia, b.1970), Joseph Lycett (English, b.1774, d.1825), Julie Gough (b.1965), National Gallery of Victoria, Robert Andrew (Australia, b.1965), Thomas Bock (b.1790, d.1855)
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