The land occupies a distinctive time and place in the cultural experience of Australians, both indigenous and non-indigenous. We see this through the works of many Australian artists. Indigenous Australian artists represent their cultural knowledge of the land through a contextual range of forms and styles which contrast from the ways in which it is represented by non-indigenous Australian artists. There are many artists who express this differing concept in their artworks, but four of the most prominent are Frederick McCubbin with "Lost", Albert Namatjira with "Palm Valley," Sidney Nolan with "Kelly at the Mine" and Trevor Nickolls with "From Dreamtime to Machine Time."

One artist who chose to reflect emotional aspects relating to the interaction of human beings with the Australian landscape was Frederick McCubbin. McCubbin, was a non-indigenous artist/impressionist who was born in West Melbourne in 1855. His paintings were generally conscious and proudly nationalistic. Being...