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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nigel Featherstone

The idea of breathing: on being an artist in regional Australia

Lucy Culliton at work in the Monaro in southern NSW accompanied by her dogs.
Lucy Culliton at work in the Monaro in southern NSW accompanied by her dogs. Photograph: Charlie Maslin

Ngarigo country, otherwise known as the Monaro, is a high plain halfway between the far south coast of New South Wales and the Snowy Mountains. It is a place of big skies, where sheep graziers battle short summers and long, intense winters.

Tucked away in and between the district’s scattering of towns and villages are folk eking out different kinds of living, including artists.

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