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The Federation Years 1900–1914

Impressionistic landscape painting with river, horses, small shack and rolling hills

Frederick McCubbin, Flood waters, 1913, purchased 1973

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Year 5–6
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Discover the parallel stories of Federation landscape painting in Australia and the art produced by Australians living and working in Europe from 1900 to 1914.

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Curriculum Connections

Visual Arts, Humanitities and Social Sciences, History, Civics and Citizenship

Themes

Federation, Landscape, National identity, Australian Impressionism

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Harry Garlick

The drover
1906

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1914

Frederick McCubbin

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1901

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Hans Heysen

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Flood waters
1913

Richard Hayley-Lever

A haven beneath the hill, St Ives
c.1908

Hilda Rix Nicholas

Snow, Montmartre
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Ethel Carrick

The quay, Milsons Point
1908

George W. Lambert

The sonnet
c.1907

Rupert Bunny

Qui vient? [Who comes?]
c.1908

Tom Roberts

Madame Hartl
1909-10

Violet Teague

The boy with the palette
1911

Florence Fuller

Dawn landscape
c.1905

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