We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of New South Wales stands.

Murruwaygu: 19th-century Koori artists

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Part of the exhibition Murruwaygu: following in the footsteps of our ancestors, this is an introduction to the work of 19th-century Koori artists, including Tommy McRae, a Kwat Kwat man from the central Murray River border of New South Wales and Victoria, and William Barak, a Wurundjuri man from Melbourne. Both these maverick artists worked on the frontier and witnessed first-hand the colonisation of their country.