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Convict art
View the beautiful and original work of Australia’s most talented convict artists, recently added to our website. Their paintings and drawings have helped build our understanding of life in the new colony.
Highlights include Richard Browne’s insect illustrations and John Eyre’s topographical views around Sydney.
View convict art from our collections
Caption: Select Specimens From Nature of the / Birds Animals &c &c of New South Wales, Collected and Arranged by Thomas Skottowe Esqr. The Drawings By T.R. Browne. N.S.W. Newcastle New South Wales 1813.
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The 'Australian Abo Call' newspaper is now online. Read about the 1938 protests and the publication of this historic newspaper.
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26 November 2009
Friendly, Enemy, Alien,
Movie
27 November 2009
Preserving your family history,
Course
27 November 2009
Friends Christmas concert,
Talk





