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Duramboi 1893

Accession No.
1:0016
Date Created
1893
Gallery location
On display in QAG Gallery 10
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
46.4 x 40.9cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
oil
Medium
Oil on canvas
Credit Line
Gift of the artist 1895
Carl Magnus Oscar Fristrom was born in Sweden and moved to Australia in 1884. This is a portrait of James Davis, who was sent to Australia from Scotland as a convict. Davis escaped from the Moreton Bay penal colony and lived with the Indigenous people on Fraser Island until he was recaptured.

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