Port Jackson Painter

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The Port Jackson Painter was one or more unknown watercolour artists working in Sydney, Australia, from 1788 through to the 1790s. The paintings are of plants, animals and life in Sydney.{{cite web | title = First Fleet Artwork Collection: "Piping Roller", native name "Tarra-won-nang" | access-date = 27 August 2007 | year = 2007 | work = Online exhibitions | publisher = Natural History Museum Library | url= http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/first-fleet/nathist.dsml?sa=1&lastDisp=gall¬es=true&beginIndex=210&enlarged=true%3fimage&desc=true&}} Many believe that they were the naval officers of the time who had both the time and the training to paint the new environment around them.

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Previously attributed to John Hunter{{cite web | url = http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.pic-an5600392&fullrecord=yes | title = Port Jackson Painter, fl. 1788-1792 | access-date = 27 August 2007 | work = NLA digital collections | publisher = National Library of Australia | quote = see discussion p.208-210 of: The art of the First Fleet / ed. by Bernard Smith and Alwyne Wheeler.}}]]