Land and landscape: the colonial encounter

Published 27 November 2013

A lecture by Ron Radford, Director of the National Gallery of Australia.

  • “The first British settlers that arrived at Sydney cove in 1788 found a very strange continent indeed…”

    Ron Radford, co-curator of Australia at the RA, gives a lecture exploring the impact of Australia’s colonial history on the representation of landscape in the nation’s artistic canon.

    This event was recorded as part of our programme for the Australia exhibition.

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