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Bundanon

Arthur left Murrumbeena State School, where he won the First Award for Art for three years in a row. He worked in his uncle’s paint factory, and his wages were used to support the family. He painted portraits of his siblings and self-portraits. 

Following the death of his wife Emma Minnie Arthur’s grandfather, Arthur Merric Boyd, moved to Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula. Arthur lived with him for three years, painting landscapes and family portraits with his grandfather’s encouragement. He had a boat for exploring the bay and the creeks. He made a cart for carrying all his painting equipment behind him on a bike. 

Arthur’s grandfather commissioned cousin, architect Robin Boyd, to design a studio at Open Country for Arthur to live and work in. Arthur, together with his brothers Guy and David, built the studio. 

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Bundanon acknowledges the people of the Dharawal and Dhurga language groups as the traditional owners of the land within our boundaries, and recognises their continuous connection to culture, community and Country.

In Dharawal the word Bundanon means deep valley.

This website contains names, images and voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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