Maternal and Child Health Services provide a lifeline to first time mothers and fathers, supporting them when they first return home with their newborn baby and throughout the steep learning curve as they adapt to their new family unit. The simple line drawings of this work by Dennis, combines the imagery of babies, mothers breastfeeding, fathers playing with children and associated objects, to represent this bond.

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S. T. Gill was commissioned to paint The Town Hall Fitzroy in 1873. The work is a watercolour painting measuring 74cm x 127cm.

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Man with Water by Brook Andrew is a photographic montage of glass-lantern slides from Brook's own archive. The main figure in the work is a native policeman from New South Wales.  

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Sportsman's Memorial was unveiled in 1919 in memory of members of local sporting clubs who died in the First World War. In 2018 the Sportsman’s Memorial Re-Dedication marked the completion of restoration, interpretive and enhancement works.

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Buoyant and bulging with movement, Julia Gorman’s Opening Lines traverses the length of the Malcolm Graham Pavilion walkway in Burnley. A series of abstracted leg shapes jump, kick and run across the wall, activating and animating the space with bold, bright colours.

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Sam Yong transformed the exterior of the Colingwood Senior Citizens Center with three vibrant artworks, showcasing some of the regions native flora and fauna, including some that are in danger of extinction.

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Melbourne-based photographer and musician, James Henry, a Yuwaalaraay and Yorta Yorta man, worked with the local Parkies to create a series of portraits to celebrate the Aboriginal history and Parkie identity of this area, and to share stories of the lived experiences of some Parkies who gather here today.

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This print by Silvi Glattauer is from the series, ‘Renegotiating the Landscape’, which deals with the issue of human intervention in the landscape across remote regions of the world.

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This print by Daniel O'Shane is an extension of a traditional story which tells the creation of the crayfish (Keiyari).

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This print references McDonald’s experience living in Australia, where every few weeks in spring magpies turn dangerous and even deadly. Gardens become spaces where one watches the sky in apprehension. 

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Adam Nudelman’s work focuses on identity and how it is shaped by diaspora, history, culture, ethnicity, travel, domesticity and family. In his paintings these ideas and his personal experiences are depicted through the juxtapositions of a constructed Australian landscape and various man-made forms. 

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This work by Chris Hagen is part of a suite where the artist places himself in a foreign landscape, often surrounded by increasingly unpredictable forces. This image reflects a seemingly calm moment touched by signs of impending upheaval. 

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Adam Nudelman graduated from the in Victorian College of the Arts in 1992. His works features in prominent private, corporate and public collections. He is currently represented by Nanda/Hobbs Gallery, Sydney.

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Langley’s practice combines the real and the imagined, incorporating a tracery of line work over photographs which are edited and abstracted. This print combines a church exterior with arcane line drawings, offering an entrance to an imagined interior space.

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Rod McNicol is one of Australia’s most celebrated portrait photographers, recognised for his singular dedication to photographing friends and members of his social world who live in and around the City of Yarra. 

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Ros Sultan is an Eastern Arrernte and Gurindji woman who uses ink and felt pens to create intricate and highly-detailed images.

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The Lady with the Dog is named after a short story by Anton Chekhov and is an image of the artist’s wife and their dog; a whippet.

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Ernest Marcuse's sketchbook of Burnley drawings portray dynamic and colourful views of the suburb’s key industrial sites in the 60s and 70s along Swan Street. 

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In 1995 the Australian Football League introduced ‘Rule 30’ to combat racial and religious vilification.

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Miller is best known for his portraits and figurative works. In this painting Dr. Jonathan Hartley is depicted in a proud stance wearing his much loved fur coat.

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