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On the Wallaby Track

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An infra-red photograph of the painting revealed that the head of the woman was originally painted facing the viewer and only later turned to face away.
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for tea. The painting's name comes from the colloquial Australian term "On the wallaby track" used to describe itinerant rural workers or "
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on 6 June 1896, the same year as McCubbin's painting. The poem was later included in Ogilvie's inaugural anthology
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chocolate bars in the 1980s. On 17 June 1981, the painting was used on an Australian $ 2 postage stamp.
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122.0 cm × 223.5 cm (48.0 in × 88.0 in)
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The work is popularly known in Australia due to its use in an advertisement for
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This article about a nineteenth-century painting is a
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Frederick McCubbin
1896
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney
1896
Frederick McCubbin
billy
swagmen
Brighton, Victoria
Melbourne
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Kit Kat
Will H. Ogilvie
The Bulletin



"On the wallaby track"
"On the wallaby track"
"The art of Frederick McCubbin: a view of his materials and technique"
"SYDNEY ART GALLERY"
The Chronicle
"Contemporary views"
"LIFE STYLE) TV- ARTS- ENTERTAINMENT Stamp honours McGubbin"
The Canberra Times
On the wallaby track (1896)
Art Gallery of New South Wales
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