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1156:Paintings by Tom Roberts
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292:"Tom Roberts Bailed Up"
16:Painting by Tom Roberts
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1101:Sydney artists' camps
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404:on 28 February 2011
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964:The Pioneer
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648:Tom Roberts
448:Tom Roberts
326:"Bailed Up"
261:"Bailed up"
164:Cobb and Co
143:, while at
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108:bushrangers
104:stage coach
100:Tom Roberts
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1150:Categories
1130:Naturalism
1011:Influenced
975:Influences
908:Bush Idyll
728:Jane Price
408:22 October
336:2 November
306:22 October
275:22 October
265:Collection
230:References
216:Ben Quilty
66:Dimensions
1123:See also
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174:Reception
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160:Paradise
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