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Robert Campbell b. 1902

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Ngaku painter and printmaker, Robert Campbell Jr gained national attention in the late 1980s despite having no formal art training. His paintings of the frontier history of racism and colonialism are collected in many state and national institutions.

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Artlink vol. 10, nos 1 & 2, p. 83 (1990), 'Robert Campbell Jnr’, url:, .
Mundine, Djon (2008), 'Ngadhu, Ngaulili, Ngeaninyagu. A Personal History of Aboriginal Art in the Premier State (Catalogue)’, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW, Djon Mundine is an essay writer and curator.
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iNavCatId=1&iSubCatId=124
Campbell Jr, Robert (1990), 'Robert Campbell Jr’, Artlink, vol.10 no’s 1 & 2, p. 83.
http://www.artlink.com.au/
Morphy, Howard (1998), 'Aboriginal Art’, Phaidon Press, London, UK.
http://www.phaidon.com/
Kleinert, S & Neale, M (Eds) (2000), 'The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC.
http://www.oup.com.au/
(2005), 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection Development Fund Catalogue’, National Gallery of Australia Foundation, ACT.
http://nga.gov.au/ABOUTUS/Found.cfm
Mantle, Nanette (2004), 'Horse and Rider in Australian Legend’, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, VIC.
http://www.mup.com.au/page/6
Isaacs, Jennifer (1989), 'Aboriginality: Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings and Prints’, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, QLD.
http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/
http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/www/html/412-gallery-exhibitions.asp?intLocationID=412 (2001), 'Our Place: Images of Coffs Harbour and Region’, Coffs Harbour City Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW.
http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/www/html/412-gallery-exhibitions.asp?intLocationID=412
Alexander, George (2004), 'Traditon Today: Indigenous Art in Australia’, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW.
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Samuels, Jeffrey and Watson, Chris (1987), 'Aboriginal Australian View in Print and Poster’, Print Council of Australia catalogue.
http://www.printcouncil.org.au/
Foley, Fiona and Mundine, Djon (curators) (1992), 'Tyerabarrbowaryaou: I Shall Never Become a White Man’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW.
http://www.mca.com.au

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Related collections	Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in) University of Sydney Union Art Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in) Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, WA (collected in) Regional Galleries Association of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (collected in) Dobell Foundation, Melbourne, VIC (collected in) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, ACT (collected in) Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in) Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, VIC (collected in) Artbank (collected in) Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in) Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)	Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in) University of Sydney Union Art Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in) Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, WA (collected in) Regional Galleries Association of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (collected in) Dobell Foundation, Melbourne, VIC (collected in) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, ACT (collected in) Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in) Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, VIC (collected in) Artbank (collected in) Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in) Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)

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