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The National Museum in Canberra has purchased two rare pen and ink drawings by an Aboriginal artist. Buckley's Escape, by Aboriginal artist Tommy McRae, depicts convict William Buckley escaping captivity to spend the next thirty two years of his life with Aboriginal people. The other drawing, Murray Tribal Warfare, shows Aboriginal people fighting in northern Victoria.

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    y separately published work icon Koori Mail no. 525 2 May 2012 Z1862024 2012 newspaper issue 2012 pg. 33
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