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Happy Box Hill – the barked roof of the old people, Houstens – the land sylvan as it ever was – tea-tree along the creek – young blue gum-twigs – the ‘good night’ of the jackies as the soft darkness fell – then talks round the fire, the ‘Prof’ philosophic – we forgot everything, but the peace of
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in Artists Park off Prince Street. Other local tributes to the camp include the Roberts McCubbin Primary School and the Whitehorse Artists' Trail.
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Painting activities were carried out on weekends by the trio over the next few years and at various times other artists joined them, including
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camps, a number of scholars have suggested that "Box Hill School" is a more appropriate name for the Heidelberg School movement.
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is home to the City of Whitehorse Art Collection, which includes Box Hill works by McCubbin, Roberts and Streeton.
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The artists remembered the Box Hill era with great fondness and nostalgia. In old age, Roberts recalled:
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were among those who often stayed at the camp. Due to Box Hill's status as the first of these artists'
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and largely undeveloped, allowing artists convenient access to the Australian bush, as the
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painters in the mid to late 1880s who later became associated with the
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Evening, when the quiet east flushes faintly at the sun's last look
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Notable works painted in and around the Box Hill camp include:
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while also being easily accessible from the city, the
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Significant sites], NGV. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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Tom Roberts
National Gallery of Victoria

Arthur Streeton
Queensland Art Gallery

Frederick McCubbin
Down on His Luck
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Box Hill, Victoria
plein air
Heidelberg School
Heidelberg
Melbourne
Box Hill railway station
Tom Roberts
Frederick McCubbin
Arthur Streeton
Tom Roberts
Frederick McCubbin
Louis Abrahams
Gardiners Creek
Melbourne
bushland
Box Hill railway station
Arthur Streeton
Charles Conder
Jane Sutherland
Tom Humphrey

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