Abstract
Overview of the history of state and federal art gallery collecting of Indigenous art, commencing from the first acquisition of a work by an Indigenous artist by an art gallery, being Albert Namatjira's 'Illum-Baura (Haasts Bluff), 1939, acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia that same year. Essay covers the history of the Art Gallery of Western Australia's Indigenous collection.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Indigenous Art: Art Gallery of Western Australia ** |
| Editors | Brenda L. Croft |
| Place of Publication | Perth, Western Australia |
| Publisher | Art Gallery of Western Australia |
| Pages | 76-93 |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0730738167 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |