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Landscapes

A direct north general view of Sydney Cove ... 1794 ... / oil painting, ca. 1794

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Unknown artist , Sydney — Capital New South Wales, c 1800

Sydney — Capital New South Wales was painted around 1800, most likely in England from drawings made in Sydne

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Unknown artist, Sydney Cove, c 1800

This is one of the earliest oil paintings depicting the town of Sydney from what is now East Circular Quay.

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Unknown artist, Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1833

Port Arthur was established as a British penal settlement, on the south-eastern coast of Van Diemen’s Land.

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Joseph Backler, View of Tenterfield, 1861

Joseph Backler was convicted for forgery and transported to Australia in 1832.

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John Glover, Hobart Town, taken from the garden where I lived, 1832

Hobart Town is John Glover’s first major Tasmanian work.

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Cabbage Trees near the Shoalhaven River, N.S.W., 1860 / Eugene von Guerard

Eugene von Guérard , Cabbage trees near the Shoalhaven River, New South Wales, 1860

This view is of the forest at Brandy and Water Creek, with Mount Kembla in the left-hand corner.

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[Sunset in New South Wales], 1865 / Eugene von Guerard

Eugene von Guérard, Sunset in New South Wales, 1865

Austrian-born artist Eugene von Guérard arrived in Australia in 1853 to seek his fortune on the Victorian goldfields.

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Roland Wakelin, Picnic at The Rocks, 1952

The Sydney Harbour Bridge was just 20 years old when this work was painted by Roland Wakelin.

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[Fort Denison], 1923 / oil painting by George F. Harris

George F Harris, Fort Denison, 1923

This seascape features Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour.

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Joseph Backler, Port Macquarie, NSW, c 1840

Joseph Backler arrived in Sydney as a convict in 1832, and within a year he was sent to Port Macquarie penal settleme

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Joseph Backler, St Thomas’s Church, Port Macquarie, 1832–42

Joseph Backler was a convict portrait painter, who arrived in NSW in 1832 as a 19-year-old.

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Joseph Lycett, Corroboree at Newcastle, c 1818

This is the first-known oil painting to depict a night corroboree. It features Awabakal men at Newcastle.

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Conrad Martens , Northern entrance to Burrangalong Cavern (Abercrombie Caves), near Bathurst, New South Wales, 1843-49

In 1843, Conrad Martens travelled through rough country south of Bathurst to paint the Abercrombie Caves.

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Jacob Janssen, Sydney Harbour looking towards the Heads, 1848

Janssen, born in Prussia in 1779, travelled widely — in North and South America, India, Singapore and the Philippines

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Jacob Janssen, Sydney Harbour looking west, 1848

Janssen, born in Prussia in 1779, travelled widely — in North and South America, India, Singapore and the Philippines

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Portraits

Augustus Earle, Ann Piper and her children, ca. 1826

The children depicted in this painting are Thomas (b. 1816) dressed in black, William Sloper (b.

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Tom Roberts, Edward DS Ogilvie, 1894–95

As one of the founders of the Heidelberg School and well known for his iconic Australian landscapes, Tom Roberts is o

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Tom Roberts, Maria Little, c 1895

Archivists from the historic Yulgilbar Castle in the Clarence Valley, northern NSW, have recently identified the woma

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Norman Carter, The squatter, Dr R B Kelley, 1939

Ralph Bodkin Kelley, born in 1890, was educated in Victoria, qualifying as a veterinary scientist.

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Marshal Claxton, Harriet King, née Lethbridge, 1854

Marshall Claxton had enjoyed reasonable success as an artist in England before leaving for Australia in 1850.

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Mrs Tryphena A. Dibbs, 1897 / painted by Tom Roberts

Tom Roberts, Mrs Tryphena A Dibbs, 1897

In 1897, the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney commissioned Tom Roberts, one of Australia's leading artists, to pa

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Attributed to Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, c 1785

Although many will not have heard of this man, the city of Sydney is named after him.

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John B East, Billy Blue, 1834

Billy Blue was an enterprising former convict of African-American origin (possibly born in Jamaica), who arrived in S

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[Captain Arthur Phillip, 1786] / painted by Francis Wheatley

Francis Wheatley, Captain Arthur Phillip, c 1787

Francis Wheatley painted this portrait of Arthur Phillip before his departure with the First Fleet in 1787.

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[Portrait of Midshipman Edward Riou, 1776 / by Daniel Gardner]

Daniel Gardner, Midshipman Edward Riou, 1776

British artist Daniel Gardner was an assistant to Joshua Reynolds.

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Thomas Phillips, Sir Joseph Banks, c 1808–09

Joseph Banks, a wealthy naturalist and botanist, accompanied Captain James Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific an

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Frans Balthazar Solvyns, Portrait of Il Netunno, later Marquis Cornwallis, under sail, 1793

In 1793 Francois Solvyns was commissioned by Michael Hogan to paint the Netunno.

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Unknown artist, Portrait of Governor Philip Gidley King, c 1800

Official portraits were often commissioned when a person was leaving the country or had reached a milestone in their

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Unknown artist, Portrait of Anna Josepha King, c 1800

Anna Josepha King was the wife of Philip Gidley King, third Governor of New South Wales.

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Unknown artist, Governor King, undated

Designed for portability or private display in the home, this smaller-sized portrait, contrasts markedly with the lar

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John Opie, Lachlan Macquarie, c 1805

Lachlan Macquarie (1762–1824) is the best-known of all colonial governors.

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Cityscapes, seascapes, studies of Sydney Harbour and interiors

Sydney Long, Clyde Street, c 1901

Artist Sydney Long was born near Goulburn in 1871.

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Unknown artist, Robertson Royal Menagerie – 9 Strand, c 1820

In the early 19th century travelling menageries, along with the fairground and travelling theatres and circuses, were

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Edward Jukes Greig, Arrival of Burke & Wills at Flinders River 1861, 1862

The 1860–61 exploration led by Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills is one of the most famed events in Australi

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unknown artist, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1864-80

This painting shows lower Pitt Street, Sydney, at the corner of Spring Street, looking towards Circular Quay.

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George Edwards Peacock, The Heads of Port Jackson NSW from off the North Head — a squall, 1846

George Peacock often sold sets of small paintings to clients — generally of harbour views.

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Sydney Long, Ferry Lane, c 1902

Born in 1871, Sydney Long studied under Julian Ashton at the Art Society of NSW School and later became a teacher at

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Conrad Martens, Sydney from St Leonards, 1841

This painting provides a panoramic view of the harbour from above Lavender Bay on the North Shore, with Sydney Cove a

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James Anderson, Goldminer, 1861

This unusual portrait shows an Australian bushman, probably a goldminer, wearing a highly-stylised version of goldfie

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George Edwards Peacock, Port Jackson NSW. The Floating Light — (Morning), 1846

In this unusual and sparse view of Sydney Harbour, George Peacock depicts the buoy and manned light vessel, the Rose,

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Alfred Tischbauer, George Street, Sydney, 1883

Alfred Tischbauer was a scene painter at the Paris Opera, but was displaced by the radical revolutionary government o

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unknown artist, after FC Terry, South Head [The Gap], c 1855

The Gap is a well-known sandstone cliff formation overlooking the ocean at South Head and a popular tourist destinati

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Unknown artist, Sydney Heads, c 1850

This painting, of an unidentified United States brig entering Sydney Heads, could depict USS Brig Porpoise w

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Unknown artist, View of Miller’s Point and Darling Harbour, c 1870

This view from Peacock Point, Balmain, shows a paddle steamer ferrying passengers between Balmain and the busy indust

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unknown artist, Bank of New South Wales Sydney [George Street Sydney], c 1855

This painting of the corner George and Wynyard streets (now a small lane leading to Wynyard Park) depicts a branch of

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Ethel Anderson, Design for a fresco for the children’s chapel in St James’ Church, 1929

The Children’s Chapel, or Chapel of St Mary and the Angels, is located in the crypt of St James Church on King Street

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Julian Rossi Ashton, Argyle Street looking towards the Observatory Hill, c 1902

This painting by Julian Ashton appears to be from the west end of Argyle Street in The Rocks, facing south-east towar

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