On the cover this month
William Strutt (1825-1915)
The Haunt of the Kangaroo [188SJ
watercolour; 48.0 x 88.6 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection,
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The
National Library holds more than 280 paintings, watercolours, sketches,
pen and ink drawings and sketchbooks of William Strutt, a most prolific
artist. The majority were executed during his 10 years in Australia
during the 1850s and the 1860s and constitute a wonderful record of
life in Victoria at that time.
As well as chronicling the
development of the new colony and its residents through his art, Strutt
was also moved to paint the landscape and its unique animals for which,
his own writings reveal, he had a great fondness.
August 2004 Volume XIV Number 11
THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED WORDS
Judy Cannon reviews the work of the colonial artist William Strutt who recorded many aspects of life and the landscape of Victoria in that state’s infancy
ROMANCE AND GALLANT ENDEAVOUR
Russell Doust has a boy’s own adventure revisiting one of the popular magazines of his youth
MARJORIE BARNARD-WRITER, HISTORIAN, RELUCTANT LIBRARIAN
Elizabeth Nelson rejoices at the revived interest in this dedicated writer’s work
SHIRLEY ANDREWS: ADDING A PERSONAL NOTE TO HISTORY
Jennifer Clark applauds Shirley Andrews, who contributed to Australian society on three distinctly different fronts
WELCOMING THE FLEETS
Richard Stone sifts through the Ephemera Collection in search of material that documents American naval visits
FRIENDS
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
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