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The Boyds : a family biography

by Brenda Niall

This biography traces the history of the Boyd family, a prominent Australian artistic dynasty, from the 1840s to the present. Drawing on private papers, diaries and interviews, it explores the lives and careers of the family's painters, sculptors and writers.

Accession 2918 ISBN 0522850839 Publisher Melbourne University Press
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