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Capital and Country

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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