The Girl in the Painting

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The surprising truth behind one of Australia's most iconic paintings, Tom Roberts' Shearing of the Rams.

Susie lives on a sheep station and does all she can to help out alongside her sister and her rowdy brothers - collecting firewood, feeding the chickens and helping make the bread. But nobody - not the stockman nor the shearers nor the swaggies - ever notices Susie.

Until one day, a painter arrives at the sheep station - the famous Tom Roberts - and that all changes.

Based on the true story of Susie Bourne, and the painting of Tom Robert's iconic masterpiece, Shearing the Rams (1890).

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781760657444
Published: June 2025

Number of pages: 32
Width: 279 mm
Height: 250 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Walker Books Australia