LANDSCAPE LEGACY
Feb 27, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS HILARY BURDEN
PHOTOGRAPHY
MARNIE HAWSON
BRITISH ARTIST JOHN GLOVER, a contemporary of Turner and Constable, may have had many reasons for choosing to settle in Van Diemen’s Land in 1832 when he was aged in his 60s. Perhaps it was because at certain times of day, the twisted white gums and grasslands of Mills Plains, in the foothills of Ben Lomond, reflect light so beautifully that the landscape looks just like a painting. The rugged profile of Ben Lomond seemed to inspire him as much as
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