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                     . Pukumani Grave
                        Posts (1958)             VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
                     Carved by Tiwi
               artists of Melville Island        Practical Information
                 (north of Australia),           Art Gallery Road, The Domain.
                these magnificent                Map 2 D5. Tel 9225 1744.
                  funerary posts                 Open 10am–5pm daily
                  were specially                 (to 10pm Wed). Closed Good Fri,
                commissioned for                 25 Dec. 7 8 0 - =
                                                 ∑ artgallery.nsw.gov.au
                  the art gallery.
                                                 Transport
                                                 @ Sydney Explorer, 441.
                                                 g Circular Quay.  St James,
                                                 Martin Place.

                                          Padmapani
                                  This extremely large, softly
                                     glowing, resplendent
                 Lower Level 2
                                   Nepalese work is made of
                                 copper and is remarkable for
                                    being cast in one piece.



                                   Lower Level 1















                                           Natives on the Ouse River,
                                           Van Diemen’s Land (1838)
                                           English-Australian artist John Glover was
                                           dubbed the father of Australian landscape
                                           painting for his bright depictions of the
                                           Van Dieman’s Land bush (now Tasmania).
                                                  Key to Floorplan
                                                     Australian Art
                                                     European Art
                                                     Asian Art
                                                     Modern Gallery (20th-Century
                                                    European Art)
                                                     Contemporary Art
                                                     Domain Theatre
                                                     Yiribana Aboriginal Gallery
                                                     Temporary exhibition space
                             . The Golden Fleece (1894)     Photography Gallery
       The sandstone   Also known as Shearing at Newstead, this       Study Room/Prints and
       entrance was     work by Tom Roberts marks the coming    Drawings
       added in 1909.    of age of Australian Impressionist art.     Non-exhibition Space




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