This month
Events
Exhibition | Death and the Swagman
From: | Friday 15 November 2024 |
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To: | Sunday 02 December 2018 |
Time: | 12:00am - Friday 15 November 2024 |
Location: | Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, 531 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, QLD 4350 Australia |
FREE ADMISSION | GALLERY OPEN: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm | Sunday 1pm to 4pm | Closed Mondays & Public Holidays
“You'll never catch me alive,” said [the swagman], / And his ghost may be heard …
– from A.B. Paterson, Waltzing Matilda 1895
The Australian swag was born of Australia … The grave of many of the world’s tragedies and comedies …
– from Henry Lawson, The Romance of the Swag 1907
In 1939 Lionel Lindsay called Lawson’s The Romance of the Swag “a precious piece of Australian folk-lore,” especially “now that the last Sundowner has disappeared into the dust of the Sunset Track.” This exhibition visits the various moods and modes of Lindsay’s own representation of that legendary Australian figure, the swagman, also known as a sundowner.
Lionel LINDSAY 1874-1961 / The last sundowner 1909 / pencil, pen, wash and gouache / 41.2 x 26.6cm / reproduced in The Lone Hand magazine 1 October 1909 / Lionel Lindsay Gallery and Library Collection 411 / © National Library of Australia
531 Ruthven Street
Toowoomba
QLD
4350
Australia
Entry charges - Adult | Free |
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Entry charges - Child | Free |
Entry charges - Concession | Free |
Entry charges - Family | Free |
Entry charges - Group | Free |
Entry charges - Student | Free |
Contact phone | (07) 4688 6652 |
Booking information | |
Event website | www.tr.qld.gov.au/trag |
Is food and drink available? | No |
Are toilets available? | Yes |
Is there disabled access? | Yes |