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Details of artworks from 'Max', 'Where is the Green Sheep?' and 'The Magic Pudding'

Stories in an Exhibition

Grace Blakeley-Carroll

Exhibition curator Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll reveals the process of developing an exhibition of Australian children’s literature


In this issue: An Artistic Life

Eirene Mort, Gungahleen (Gungahlin), The Dam, Summer, 1924, nla.cat-vn20830
The Amazing Miss Mort
Pamela Lane

May and Mina Moore, 'Portrait of an Unidentified Actor as the Character Dave in 'Dad and Dave', c.1920; May Moore, 'Portrait of Dulcie Deamer', c.1920
Portraiture and Celebrity
Helen Ennis

Norman Lindsay, Quick! (detail), 1918
Artist, Bohemian, Propagandist
Guy Hansen

In the next issue: Australians at Leisure


Regular features

John McKinnon, Australian Information Service, Women on the March Wave their Placards at the International Women's Day March, Melbourne, 8 March, 1975, nla.cat-vn3510654
In the Frame
Before and After Treatment: Spine
Preservation
Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, ‘Silver Kettle and Spirit Lamp Given by Queen Charlotte to Sir Joseph Banks’, 1813; Mrs D. Turner, after Benedetto Pistrucci, ‘Sir Joseph Banks, Bart.’, 1819
Treasures
Newspaper Clippings and Cover of 'Pacific Peoples' by Lyndsay Gardiner
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Details of artworks from 'Max', 'Where is the Green Sheep?' and 'The Magic Pudding'
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An Exploring Party in New South Wales, 1826
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F. Appel, 'Robert Abdy et ses Kakatoes', 1890
March 2019
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John Webber, ‘Manner of Travelling in Kamtschatka’, 1779
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