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Gender and Nation Formation in Late Nineteenth Century University of Wollongong Thesis Collections University of Wollongong Thesis Collection University of Wollongong Year Gender and nation formation in late nineteenth century Susan Elizabeth Rowley University of Wollongong Rowley, Susan Elizabeth, Gender and nation formation in late nineteenth century, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, 1993. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/1928 This paper is posted at Research Online. LIST OF PLATES 1. Tom Roberts Evening When the Quiet East Flushes Faint at the Sun's Last Look 1887-8 oil on canvas 51,0 x 76,6 cm W. H, Short Bequest 1944 National GaUery of Victoria 2. Tom Roberts Summer Morning Tiff 1886 oil on canvas 76,5 x 51,2 cm Martha K, Pinkerton Bequest Fund 1943 City of BaUaarat Fine Art GaUery 3. Tom Roberts Reconciliation c. 1886/7 oil on canvas 127,0 x 75,0 cm Castlemaine Art GaUery and Historical Museum 4. FrederickUcCabbinOnThe Wallaby Track 1896 oil on canvas 132 x 223.5 cm National GaUery of Victoria Felton Bequest 1940 5. Frederick McCubbin r/ie Pioneer 1904 oil on canvas (triptych) 223.5 x 86 cm National GaUery of Victoria Felton Bequest 1906 6. George Bell,r;ie Pioneer's Wife c. 1890-8 photograph Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney 7. Arthur Stteeton Early Summer—Gorse in Bloom 1888 oil on canvas 56.2 x 100.6 cm Art Gallery of South AsttaUa 8. Jane Sutiierland, Untitled (Girl in a Paddock) c. 1890 oil on canvas 66.0 x 105.5 cm private coUection 9. Jane Sutherland Obstruction, Box Hill 1887 oil on canvas 41.3 x 31.1 cm City of BaUaarat Fine Art GaUery L. J. Wilson Bequest Fund 10. Theo Brooke Hansen Love or Dwry 1891 oU on canvas 81.5x122 cm Bendigo Art GaUery 325 11. Frederick McCubbm Lo5f 1886 oU on canvas 115.8 x 73.7 cm National GaUery of Victoria Felton Bequest 1940 12. Charles Condor Mirage 1888 watercolour 20 x 13.2 cm National GaUery of Viaoria 13. SydneyLongThe Spirit of the Plains 1897 oil on canvas on wood 62 x 131.4 cm Queensland Art GaUery 14. Leon (Sonny) PooleThe Village Laundress c. early 1890s oU on canvas 83 x 123.5 cm private coUection 15. Jane Sutherland A Cabbage Garden c. 1896 oil on canvas 51.1 x 76.4 cm AusttaUan National GaUery 16. Clara Southem An Old Bee Farm c. 1900 oil on canvas 66 x 111.7 cm National GaUery of Victoria Felton Bequest 1942 17. Frederick McCubbin, Home Again, 1884 oil on canvas 85 x 123 cm National GaUery of Victoria 18. John Longstaff Breaking the News 18 87 oU on canvas 109.7 x 152.8 cm Art GaUery of Westem Austtalia 19. Aby Alson Flood Sufferings 1890 oil on canvas 110 x 153.3 cm National GaUery of Victoria 20. Frederick McCubbin Winter Evening, Hawthorn ISS6 oil on canvas 51 x 76 cm Castiemaine Art GaUery and Historical Museum 21. Frederick McCubbm The North Wind 1891 oil on canvas 91 x 152.7 cm National GaUery of Victoria Felton Bequest 1941 22. 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