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===Australian art===
The NGV's Australian art collection encompasses Indigenous ([[Aboriginal Australians|Australian Aboriginal]]) art and artefacts, Australian colonial art, Australian Impressionist art, 20th century, modern and contemporary art. The first curator of Australian Art was Brian Finemore, from 1960 until his death in 1975.<ref>Maureen Gilchrist, "High regard for Brian Finemore", ''[[The Age]]'', 27 October 1975, p. 2</ref>

The 1880s saw the birth and development of the [[Heidelberg School]] (also known as Australian [[Impressionism]]) in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, and the NGV was well-placed to acquire some of the movement's key artworks, including [[Tom Roberts]]' ''[[Shearing the Rams]]'' (1890), [[Arthur Streeton]]'s ''[[The purple noon's transparent might]]'' (1896), and [[Frederick McCubbin]]'s ''[[The Pioneer (painting)|The Pioneer]]'' (1904).<ref>[[Ann Galbally|Galbally, Ann]]. ''The Collections of the National Gallery of Victoria''. Oxford University Press, 1987. {{ISBN|9780195545913}}, p. 36.</ref>

The Australian collection includes works by [[Del Kathryn Barton]], [[Charles Blackman]], [[Clarice Beckett]], [[Arthur Boyd]], [[John Brack]], [[Angela Brennan]], [[Rupert Bunny]], [[Louis Buvelot]], [[Ethel Carrick]], [[Nicholas Chevalier]], [[Charles Conder]], [[Olive Cotton]], [[Grace Crowley]] [[David Davies (artist)|David Davies]], [[Destiny Deacon]], [[William Dobell]], [[Julie Dowling (artist)|Julie Dowling]], [[Russell Drysdale]], [[E. Phillips Fox]], [[Rosalie Gascoigne]], [[John Glover (artist)|John Glover]], [[Eugene von Guerard]], [[Fiona Hall (artist)|Fiona Hall]], [[Louise Hearman]], [[Joy Hester]], [[Hans Heysen]], [[Emily Kame Kngwarreye]], [[George W. Lambert]], [[Sydney Long]], [[John Longstaff]], [[Frederick McCubbin]], [[Helen Maudsley]], [[Tracey Moffatt]], [[Jan Nelson]], [[Hilda Rix Nicholas]], [[Sidney Nolan]], [[John Perceval]], [[Patricia Piccinini]], [[Margaret Preston]], [[Thea Proctor]], [[Hugh Ramsay]], [[David Rankin (artist)|David Rankin]], [[Tom Roberts]], [[John Russell (Australian painter)|John Russell]], [[Grace Cossington Smith]], [[Ethel Spowers]], [[Arthur Streeton]], [[Clara Southern]], [[Jane Sutherland]], [[Violet Teague]], [[Jenny Watson (artist)|Jenny Watson]], [[Fred Williams (artist)|Fred Williams]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection {{!}} NGV |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/ |access-date=2021-06-16 |website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au |archive-date=21 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421011601/https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A large number of works were donated by Dr. Joseph Brown in 2004 which form the [[Joseph Brown Collection]].

'''Selected works'''
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File:Aboriginal shields NGV.jpg|Aboriginal shields
File:Nicholas Chevalier - The Buffalo Ranges - Google Art Project.jpg|''The Buffalo Ranges'' (1864) by [[Nicholas Chevalier]], the first painting of an Australian subject to be acquired by the gallery
File:Eugène von Guérard - Yalla-y-Poora - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Eugene von Guerard]], ''Yalla-y-Poora'', 1864
File:Tom Roberts - Shearing the rams - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Tom Roberts]], ''[[Shearing the Rams]]'', 1890
File:John Longstaff Lady in Grey 1890.jpg|[[John Longstaff]], ''Lady in Grey'', 1890
File:Arthur Streeton Purple 1896.jpg|[[Arthur Streeton]], ''[[The purple noon's transparent might]]'', 1896
File:John Peter Russell Rough Sea.jpg|[[John Russell (Australian painter)|John Russell]], ''Rough Sea, Belle-Île'', c. 1900
File:E Phillips Fox The Lesson.jpg|[[E. Phillips Fox]], ''The Lesson'', 1912
File:Dd103915.jpg|[[Clarice Beckett]], ''Evening light, Beaumaris'', c. 1925
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