First published as two separate volumes: Great Australian paintings. Sydney, NSW : Lansdowne Press, 1971 and Great Australian landscape paintings. Melbourne, Vic. : Lansdowne Editions, 1973.

Bibliography: page 111.

"Within the relatively short span of two hundred years, a distinctly Australian heritage has emerged. The 'golden era' of the 1880s and 1890s produced the basis of tradition which has continued, even through the modernist phrase, to the present day." -- front panel of dust jacket.
[Variant title:Great Australian landscape paintings.]