In the 19th century, Australians began to show their growing national identity through art and literature. Appreciation grew for new styles that were distinctly ...................................

In the early 19th century, painters tended to see the Australian landscape through .............................. eyes.

It was not until the .................. and 1880s that artists began to show the Australian landscape and people as they really were.

Paintings completed in the early 1800s, often showed people as small ........................ being overpowered by the landscape.

By contrast, paintings from the 1880s and 1890s showed people that looked ‘at home’. Instead of looking threatened by their environment, they appeared relaxed and at peace. By this time, the beach was increasingly becoming a part of the ...................................... way of life.

A new body of literature also reflected more Australian themes and subjects. Like artists and painters, early 19th-century writers had tended to portray Australia as an alien and threatening place. By the 1880s and 1890s however, poets and storytellers were writing positively about Australia.

Despite the rise in distinctly Australian forms of art and literature towards the end of the 19th century, paintings and stories that reflected British themes and styles were still ...............................

Around the same time, depictions of ....................... flora and fauna were increasingly being used to promote food products and as decorations on buildings and in stained glass.

Many companies still use Australian flora and fauna in their logos today. One of the best known examples of these is Qantas, whose white ................................ on a red background (known as the ‘flying .....................................’) is recognised around the world.