- Title
- ‘Rough and ready’ : Makeshift, abstraction and the Australian patina
- Creator
- Brooks, Terri
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Text; Thesis; PhD
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/59483
- Identifier
- vital:3439
- Identifier
- https://library.federation.edu.au/record=b1542058
- Abstract
- Ned Kelly’s armour, the Eureka flag, and the premise that underlies the title of the most famous exhibition in Australian art history; the 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition held in Melbourne in 1889, are makeshift. This exegesis records the spirit of ‘making do’ or ‘makeshift’ in Australia’s post-settlement history including its manifestation in art. As this history is traced, the role of the harsh Australian landscape, and assertions of cultural convergence in post-settlement history, raised by historians including Russel Ward and Philip Jones are explored. Makeshift maps this country’s history of adversity, and popular bush story tellers, including Henry Lawson, contributed to makeshift flourishing in Australia and developing ‘everyday’ cultural associations.; Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- University of Ballarat
- Rights
- Copyright Terri Brooks
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Australian Digital Thesis
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