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Sweet, Samuel White, b. 1825
Colonial photographer and master mariner, awarded a silver medal for his photographs at the Calcutta International Exhibition in 1885. His photographic career included some unusual ...
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Fairweather, Ian, b. 1891
The Scottish born artist Ian Fairweather travelled extensively throughout South East Asia and China before finally building a thatched hut on Bribie Island off the ...
Battarbee, Rex, b. 1893
An early advocate of indigenous art, Rex Battarbee represented Arrernte artists in his Alice Springs home, which he later turned into the Tmara-Mara Gallery.
Aikin, Hamilton, b. 1904
English male photographer, film-maker, editor and Presbyterian priest who went outback for Outreach, a Church journal, documenting indigenous cultures and mission activity.
Gabori, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally, b. 1924
As with other Kaiadilt women, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori wove grass nets and carved coolamons for many years before she began to paint. Her first ...
Tjungurrayi, Yala Yala, b. 1925
One of the classic exponents of the Pintupi style of western desert painting, Yala Yala was an authority amongst the senior Pintupi men on ceremonial ...
Campbell, Gordon Tjapanangka, b. 1941
A highly intelligent and articulate man, Campbell spoke seven or eight languages including English. He painted for Papunya Tula Artists in the early 1980s.
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Jackson, Linda, b. 1950
Linda Jackson is an artist, writer, and painter who has worked in the fashion industry. Jackson was born in Melbourne in 1950.
Mackinolty, Chips, b. 1954
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Christanto, Dadang, b. 1957
Contemporary Indonesian-born artist, Christanto works across the media of performance, installation, sculpture, video, painting and works on paper. He has exhibited extensively both in Australia ...
Egan, Sharyn, b. 1957
Nyoongar painter and natural fibre weaver and sculptor, lives in Fremantle, Western Australia. Egan's work is held in the collections of the Berndt Museum of ...
Watson, Judy, b. 1959
Watson is a Brisbane-based Waanyi artist who works across a range of mediums to explore familial, historical, political and environmental aspects of Australian Indigenous heritage ...
Cumpston, Nici, b. 1963
Nici Cumpston is a photographer who creates images of significant Indigenous cultural landscapes of the Murray/Darling basin. Her images are mostly pencil and watercoloured hand ...
Carabetta, Nikki, b. 1964
Adelaide-based Aboriginal artist with Yammagi and Brinkin heritage whose paintings are a means to share and maintain her culture and reflect upon her personal journey, ...
Foley, Fiona, b. 1964
Painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor and installation artist, Fiona Foley's work often discusses the hidden histories of Australia's colonial past and its interface with Aboriginal people.
Fraser, Jenny, b. 1971
Jenny Fraser is a 'digital native' who works within a fluid screen-based practice. Her work has been exhibited and screened internationally, including at "ISEA/Zero1" in ...
John Olsen: the land beyond time

by Olsen, John.

Organised by AGWA, sponsored by the Christensen Fund. In 1982-1983 a team comprising John Olsen, Dame Mary Durack, Vincent Serventy, Geoffrey Dutton and others, made ...

Fred Williams: a retrospective

by Mollison, James, Williams, Fred.

Organised by the NGA. Many people consider Fred Williams to be the most important artist of his generation. His vision of the Australian landscape was ...

Realism of peace: George Gittoes

by Gittoes, George.

Organised by MAGNT and toured to: Mildura Arts Centre; Broken Hill City Art Gallery; Orange Regional Art Gallery; Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier; Rockhampton City ...

Malangu - From the Sea.

by Tipoti, Alick.