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Ralph Balson (1890-1964) Constructive Painting, c.1940

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999) Bride Drinking from a Pool, c.1960

Charles Blackman (1928-2018) Children in the Woods, c.1980

Rover Thomas (circa 1926-1998) Rover's Country (hills, creeks and rock hole), 1990

John Kelly (born 1965) Three Cows in a Pile, 2014

John Mawurndjul (born 1952) Njaljod (Rainbow Serpent) at Godanyal, 1988

Cressida Campbell (born 1960) Resting Butterfly, 2006

Emily Kame Kngwarreye (circa 1910-1996) Spirited Desert, 1991

Leonard  French (1928-2017) Man With A Serpent, 1960

Prince of Wales (Midpul) (circa 1937-2002) Body Marks, 1996

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Euan Macleod (born 1956)

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