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1 y separately published work icon Every Heart Sings Patricia Piccinini , Patricia Piccinini (illustrator), Canberra : National Gallery of Australia , 2022 23612940 2022 single work picture book children's

'Patricia Piccinini is an award-winning artist who loves exploring the amazing connections between humans and animals. Published by the National Gallery of Australia, Every Heart Sings is her first children’s book.'

Source: National Gallery of Australia.

1 1 y separately published work icon The National Picture : The Art of Tasmania's Black War Tim Bonyhady , Greg Lehman , Canberra : National Gallery of Australia , 2018 14745206 2018 multi chapter work criticism art work

'`Benjamin Duterrau and his National picture project are at the core of this publication because he was the colonial artist most interested in Tasmania's Aboriginal people, and the only artist who chose to depict, on a substantial scale, their conciliation or pacification by George Augustus Robinson', writes Tim Bonyhady and Greg Lehman in their introduction to The National Picture: The Art of Tasmania's Black War.

'The fresh research presented by Bonyhady and Lehman in this insightful new book from the National Gallery of Australia will no doubt tantalise art lovers and historians alike. It will also appeal to anyone interested in Australia's colonial past and in the ongoing interrogation of the historical record by Aboriginal artists and activists. Bonyhady and Lehman's introduction continues: `For Tasmanian Aboriginal people today, Duterrau's paintings provide a tantalising and rare visual record of the unique culture practice of their ancestors. Robinson's journals offer written descriptions of activities, such as spear-making and throwing, kangaroo hunting and ceremonial dance, accompanied by only a scattering of small, often crude sketches, which are vitally important firsthand observations'.

'This publication serves to conjure up and interrogate Tasmania's colonial past. Colonial representations of Tasmanian Aboriginal people are among the most remarkable and contentious expressions of Australian colonial art. The National Picture sheds new light on the under-examined figures in this difficult narrative: colonial artist Benjamin Duterrau, the controversial George Augustus Robinson and the Tasmanian Aboriginal people upon whose land the British settled.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Adam and Sarah Explore Turner Betty Churcher , Canberra : National Gallery of Australia , 2013 Z1929989 2013 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon And A Kangaroo Too National Gallery of Australia , National Gallery of Australia (illustrator), Canberra : National Gallery of Australia , 2013 24743637 2013 single work picture book children's

'Images of animals inhabit Australian Aboriginal Art. Goannas, Magpie Geese, Crocodiles, Kangaroos, Emus, Possums and Turtles are among the many wondrous animals that inhabit this book. Each double page introduces with its Aboriginal name a different animal of the Dreamtime.'  (Publication summary)

1 6 y separately published work icon Robert Dowling : Tasmanian Son of Empire John Jones , Canberra : National Gallery of Australia , 2010 Z1694792 2010 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Michael Riley : Sights Unseen Brenda Croft , Canberra : National Gallery of Australia , 2006 Z1584329 2006 single work bibliography
1 2 y separately published work icon Margaret Michaelis : Love, Loss and Photography Helen Ennis , Canberra : National Gallery of Australia , 2005 Z1241761 2005 single work biography
1 6 y separately published work icon At Home in Australia Peter Conrad , Canberra London : National Gallery of Australia Thames and Hudson , 2003 Z1086356 2003 single work prose A photo essay accompanied by 205 photographs selected from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Full Dress Les Murray , Canberra : National Gallery of Australia , 2002 Z987767 2002 selected work poetry

Murray declares that 'This book is an encounter between works of art held by the National Gallery of Australia and poems or parts of poems from my forty years of writing.' Murray chooses approximately 100 poetry selections (and writes several new pieces specifically for this book) and establishes a dialogue between his words and some of the Gallery's visual works.

The book includes colour and black and white re-productions of landscapes, sculpture, photographs and Aboriginal art. The artworks are predominantly by Australians, but include some representations from Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and the Pacific.

1 y separately published work icon Night Fall in the Ti-Tree Violet Teague , Geraldine Rede , Melbourne : Sign of the Rabbit , 1905 Z960381 1905 single work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon My Name is Pablo Picasso Mary Gage , 1982 (Manuscript version)x401061 Z419713 1982 single work drama
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