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Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster

Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster
c. 1780

Jean Francois Rigaud

Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island

Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island
1835

Benjamin Duterrau

Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land

Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land
1835

Benjamin Duterrau

Ellen Stirling

Ellen Stirling
c. 1828

Thomas Phillips

The Mutineers turning Lieut Bligh and part of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty

The Mutineers turning Lieut Bligh and part of the Officers and Crew adrift…

Robert Dodd, B B. Evans

Practising the Minuet (Miss Hilda Spong)

Practising the Minuet (Miss Hilda Spong)
1893

Tom Roberts

Sidney Kidman and Arthur Triggs

Sidney Kidman and Arthur Triggs
c. 1914

Falk Studios

Captain W Kinghorne

Captain W Kinghorne
1834

Thomas James Lempriere

Portrait of His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria

Portrait of His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria
c. 1864

Thomas Clark

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