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The art of the First Fleet

by Lisa Di Tommaso

This collection of watercolours and drawings from the Natural History Museum depicts the natural history and early colonial events of Australia's first penal colony, providing a visual record of the local Indigenous Eora people.

Accession 8313 ISBN 9781742703633 Publisher Hardie Grant
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Lisa Di Tommaso
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Art, Arts, Science, Painting, Graphic arts, Political science, Social sciences, Civilisation, Aboriginal Australians, Ethnology -- Australia, Imperialism, Animals in art, Natural history illustration, Scientific illustration, Art and science, Australia -- History, Botanical illustration, First Fleet, 1787-1788
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