Poetry
Literature

Poetry

Early Australian poetry was heavily influenced by 18th century English romantic poetry. As a result, early lyricists such as Barron Field (1786–1846), William Charles...
Landscape painting
Painting

Landscape painting

The artistic life of European immigrants in Australia developed only from the middle of the 19th century, but even then it was extremely slow...
Academic painting
Painting

Academic painting

After the first flowering of national painting, which, however, did not receive recognition in Australia, many artists began to leave their homeland....
Modernism
Painting

Modernism

A new stage in the Australian fine arts begins in the 30s, when modernist currents became more active in it and two main tendencies...
Cinema
Cinema

Cinema

In the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Australian cinematography was one of the first in the world....
Dramaturgy
Literature

Dramaturgy

In Australian drama, two names stand out - Louis Esson (1879–1943) and Douglas Stewart. Esson, influenced by John Millington Singe and William Butler Yeats,...
Opera
Architecture Literature Music

Opera

The Australian Opera in Sydney and the State Opera of Victoria merged in 1996 to form Opera Australia. Its main stage is the Sydney...
Novels
Literature

Novels

Until 1880, about 300 works of fiction were published, mainly novels for reading on the road, devoted to life on the ranch, criminal topics...
Classical music
Music

Classical music

In the 1840s, Vincent Wallace, Isaac Nathan and other impresarios organized famous overseas singers and musicians to tour Australia and subsidized oratorios, operas and...

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Arts festivals

Australia's premier arts festival is held in Adelaide every two years. The next one is scheduled for March 2000. The Adelaide Festival covers all types of arts and literature and attracts leading international and Australian artists and organizations. It is attended not only by professionals, but also by art lovers.

The Perth Arts Festival is held annually in February and Sydney in January. More specialized music festivals are held in Adelaide in February during years when there are no major festivals. In addition, there is the Mumba Pop Festival in Melbourne every March and the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January in New South Wales.