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NATIONAL GALLERYArts
Install shot from Belonging at the National Gallery of AustraliaLeft: Robert Dowling, Jane Sceales with daughters, Mary Jane and Hilda 1856, oil on canvas, Purchased 2016. Acquired through the family of Ella Lewis (nee Hood), granddaughter of Jane Hood (nee Sceales), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.    Right: Julie Dowling (Badimaya/Yamatji/Widi peoples), The nurse maid (Biddy) 2005, synthetic polymer paint, plastic, gold leaf on canvas, Purchased 2006 © Ms Julie Dowling, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

History hangs in the rebalance

Australia’s national art collection is being reconfigured as a living, breathing display; a contest of ideas to challenge the past.

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