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| Website Name | Beyond the Picket Fence: Australian Women's Art in the National Library's Collections |
| Website Address | http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/fence/picket.html |
| Organisation | National Library of Australia |
| Description |
The works in this online exhibition show that women artists went beyond the immediate boundaries of their lives - beyond their picket fence to record a vast range of interests with a vitality and enthusiasm which enables these works individually and as a whole to contribute greatly to our knowledge of Australian history and life over the past two hundred years. |
| Country |
Internet |
| Category | Archives and Libraries; exhibitions: Exhibitions; artists and artforms; virtual exhibitions: Visual Arts and Crafts; exhibitions and touring exhibitions; history (More websites in same category) |
| Audience | Researcher, Women (More websites with the same audience) |
| Index Frequency |
Monthly |
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