A selection of photographs and writings relating to E.J. Banfield and his life on Dunk Island.
[State Library of Queensland, Qld ]

On the 1st of March 1901 Parliament was opened by the Duke of York, later to be crowned George V. The first Cabinet consisted of Edmund Barton as Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs, Alfred Deakin Attorney General, George Turner as Treasurer......
[National Library of Australia, ACT ]

At a time when Australia is preparing to sever its last, tenuous ties with England, why should Tasmania, this island outpost of the British Empire, hazard a backward glance? The answer perhaps involves a clear recognition of our cultural origins: an acknowledgment that although our forebears may have landed in Terra Icognita, the first artistic efforts in the Antipodes did not spring out of the void ...
[Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, TAS ]