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National Library of Australia News August 2004 with a watercolour picture of 'The Haunt of the Kangaroo' by William Strutt
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William Strutt (1825–1915)
The Haunt of the Kangaroo [1885]
watercolour; 48.0 x 88.6 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection,
nla.pic-an3211954

August 2004 Volume XIV Number 11

THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED WORDS

 

Judy Cannon reviews the work of the colonial artist William Strutt who recorded many aspects of life and the landscape of Victoria in that state’s infancy

ROMANCE AND GALLANT ENDEAVOUR
  Russell Doust has a boy’s own adventure revisiting one of the popular magazines of his youth
MARJORIE BARNARD-WRITER, HISTORIAN, RELUCTANT LIBRARIAN
 

Elizabeth Nelson rejoices at the revived interest in this dedicated writer’s work

SHIRLEY ANDREWS: ADDING A PERSONAL NOTE TO HISTORY
 

Jennifer Clark applauds Shirley Andrews, who contributed to Australian society on three distinctly different fronts

WELCOMING THE FLEETS

Richard Stone sifts through the Ephemera Collection in search of material that documents American naval visits

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