Australian Galleries
Naarm/Melbourne
Gadigal Country/Sydney
Since its beginning in 1956, Australian Galleries has continued to showcase significant contemporary Australian artists and their work for over 60 years with a vibrant monthly exhibition program and extensive stock galleries. National Director Stuart Purves’ personal dedication and enthusiasm to the promotion of the arts in Australia is indicative of his confidence in the important role visual art plays in the national and international psyche.
From the beginning, Australian Galleries developed a reputation for representing prominent Australian artists including Arthur Boyd, John Brack, Sidney Nolan, John Olsen, John Perceval, Albert Tucker, Brett Whiteley and Fred Williams.
AG has continued to thrive and expand, with notable exhibition spaces in both Melbourne and Sydney, two extensive stock rooms and a dedicated print gallery.
Artworks on display

Australian Galleries
Ancestral warren of Burrowing Bettongs in the calcrete rocks, Watikinpirri – Newhaven, 2023-24
John Wolseley
watercolour and etching on Gampi and cotton rag paper
112cm
x 221cm
$POA

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Greater Bilby’s burrow under the desert oaks, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and graphite on paper
56cm
x 76cm
$POA

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Cryptic mimicry of the Tawny Frogmouth II, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and relief print on Gampi and Arches paper
80cm
x 91.5cm
$POA

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Lustful bettongs returning to Watikinpirri – Newhaven II, 2024
John Wolseley
etching
39.5cm
x 59cm
$POA

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The Dune remains the same, only the margin changes, 1992-93
John Wolseley
lithograph, printed in colour from multiple plates; overlaid on two sheets of paper
64cm
x 96cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Cryptic mimicry of the Leaf-tailed Gecko, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and relief printing from bark on Gampi and Arches paper
70cm
x 57cm
$POA

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Great Sandy Desert – the burrows of the Thorny Devils usually face south, 2023-24
John Wolseley
watercolour and etching on Gampi and cotton rag paper
88cm
x 208cm
$POA

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The Bilby returns – Great Sandy Desert, 2024
John Wolseley
woodcut, etching, chine-collé and watercolour
32cm
x 39.5cm
$POA

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Tree-creepers of the Banyena River, 2024
John Wolseley
woodcut, etching, chine collé and watercolour
47.5cm
x 35.5cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Burrowing Bettongs return to Watikinpirri – Newhaven, 2024
John Wolseley
etching
26cm
x 33.5cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Ancestral warren of Burrowing Bettongs in the calcrete rocks, Watikinpirri – Newhaven II, 2023-24
John Wolseley
watercolour and graphite on paper
56cm
x 76cm
$POA

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Mayfly hatch with Pale Morning Duns, Blue-winged Olives, Green Drakes and Caddis Flies, 2018-22
John Wolseley
etching (monochrome edition)
58cm
x 45cm
$POA

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Cassia and bastard melon – Papunya, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour on paper
56cm
x 75cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Burrowing Bettongs return to their ancestral warrens, Watikinpirri – Newhaven I, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and graphite on paper
56cm
x 76cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Ngurra – Dwelling; Great Desert Skink – Watikinpirri, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and graphite on paper
56cm
x 76cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Burrowing Bettongs return, Watikinpirri, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and relief print on Gampi and Arches paper
86cm
x 200cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Australasian Grebes on the Witjibar River with lacustrine insects, 2018-22
John Wolseley
etching (monochrome edition)
58cm
x 45cm
$POA

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All Time – Wind conceals and reveals, 1992-93
John Wolseley
lithograph, printed in colour from multiple plates; overlaid on two sheets of paper
64cm
x 96cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Lustful bettongs returning to Watikinpirri – Newhaven I, 2024
John Wolseley
etching
39.5cm
x 59cm
$POA

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Basking mound, birthing pool and communal latrine of the Great Desert Skink – Watikinpirri, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and charcoal on Kozo and Rakusuishi paper
97cm
x 117cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Burrowing Bettongs return to their ancestral warrens, Watikinpirri – Newhaven II, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and graphite on paper
56cm
x 76cm
$POA

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Military Dragons in the Tanami desert, 2023
John Wolseley
watercolour and nature printing on Gampi and cotton rag paper
56cm
x 76cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Mayfly hatch with Pale Morning Duns, Blue-winged Olives, Green Drakes and Caddis Flies, 2018-22
John Wolseley
etching and watercolour
58cm
x 45cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Tree-creepers of the Banyena River, 2023-24
John Wolseley
etching (monochrome edition)
47cm
x 35.5cm
$POA

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Palimpsest of tracks and spoors; Watikinpirri – Warrarna, Mirnirra, Nini, and Wirlana, 2024
John Wolseley
charcoal, watercolour and graphite on paper
56cm
x 76cm
$POA

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Ant nest in a termite mound, 2023
John Wolseley
etching (monochrome edition)
23cm
x 34cm
$POA

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Burrowing Bettongs by their Burrows – Newhaven, NT, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour
56cm
x 76cm
$POA

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Burrowing Bettong by its warren in the calcrete rocks, 2024
John Wolseley
etching and watercolour
31cm
x 39.5cm
$POA

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Great Desert Skink emerges from its long winter sleep, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and charcoal on paper
56cm
x 152cm
$POA

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Termitaria Indwelling V, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and linocut on paper
176cm
x 97cm
$POA

Australian Galleries
Australasian Grebes on the Witjibar River with lacustrine insects, 2018-22
John Wolseley
etching and watercolour
58cm
x 45cm
$POA

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Cryptic mimicry of the Tawny Frogmouth, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour, frottage and relief printing from bark on Arches and Gampi paper
100cm
x 70cm
$POA

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Cryptic Mimicry of the Doritz’s Lizard, 2024
John Wolseley
watercolour and relief print on Gampi and Arches paper
78cm
x 87cm
$POA