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This book of colonial art's been sitting in storage, but that's about to change
Key takeaways
- The Royal Society of Tasmania is turning an album of Owen Stanley's art into a digital flipbook.
- The Royal Society of Tasmania is turning a unique collection of colonial maritime art into a digital flip book, to allow the public to see it in its entirety for the first time and extend on Tasmania's visual record.
- British sailor Owen Stanley used watercolours to depict his 19th century expeditions surveying the coasts of Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia.
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The Royal Society of Tasmania is turning an album of Owen Stanley's art into a digital flipbook. (Supplied: Royal Society of Tasmania)
The Royal Society of Tasmania is turning a unique collection of colonial maritime art into a digital flip book, to allow the public to see it in its entirety for the first time and extend on Tasmania's visual record.
British sailor Owen Stanley used watercolours to depict his 19th century expeditions surveying the coasts of Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia.
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