The National Picture Toy reshaped contemporary Tasmania’s view of

reshaped contemporary Tasmania’s view of itself and its place in the world

built since the 1890s

Published by QVMAG on the occasion of the exhibition

The Echidna is an egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia

in a book that's about the present as much as the past

The National Picture Toy reshaped contemporary Tasmania’s view ofThe art of Tasmanias Black War Shines a light on two enthralling yet under examined figures in Australian history: colonial artist Benjamin Duterrau and the Conciliator George Augustus Robinson. The National Picture examines the work of colonial artists from the declaration of martial law in Van Diemens Land in 1828 and the beginnings of George Augustus Robinsons ill fated Friendly Mission through to Duterraus death in 1851. Tim Bonyhady and Greg