Shrine Stories: The Dyson

Published: Nov. 5, 2023, 6 p.m.

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The\\xa0Shrine Stories podcast takes you on a deep dive behind the objects in the Shrine\'s Galleries.

In this episode, award-winning historian, storyteller and biographer\\xa0Ross McMullin shares the story of Australia\\u2019s first official war artist, William Henry Dyson.

Will Dyson created hundreds of drawings of Australia\\u2019s soldiers at the Western Front, and managed to capture something no other artist could.

Ross references several of Dyson\'s paintings and lithographs, which can be viewed here.

This episode also discusses the below artwork,\\xa0Welcome back to the Somme, in detail.\\xa0

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