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65,000 Years
A Short History of Australian Art
By: Marcia Langton, Judith Ryan

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art stares into the dark heart of Australia's brutal colonial history and offers new insights into the first art of this country.

Long before Britain's invasion of Australia in 1788, First Peoples' cultural and design traditions flourished for thousands of generations. Their art shaped the continent as we know it today and the societies that thrived here; but these continuing artistic practices and new art forms were disregarded by the settlers, and not considered to be 'fine art' until the late 1980s.. read more..

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Melbourne

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Australia

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Australia

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Geelong

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Geelong

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Australia

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Australia

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Langwarrin

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Australia

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Melbourne

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Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Melbourne

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Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Australia

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Torquay

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Australia

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Ballarat

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Melbourne

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Australia

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