DISSERTATION ETHNOLOGICAL VALUE OF AUSTRALIAN ART 

The History Of The Sydney Garden Palace Is A Really Important Piece In The Jigsaw  Puzzle That Is Australian Art And Where Australian Aboriginal Art Fits In To This Equation. 
The History Of The Sydney Garden Palace Is Important to The History Of Australian Art. It Tells Us More About The Decisions Of The Trustees At The Time & It Clearly Demonstrates The Issue Of  Colonisation That Keeps Australian Aboriginal  Art Outside The Art Network During This Period..
The 1876 Sydney International Exhibition Which Highlighted the Issues Between The Academy & Local Artists Also Present Another Element To The Dissertion.... 
As Far As These International Trade Fairs Go,  Since The Earliest Event In England In 1851, They Not Only Included Exhibitions From The Colonies, But Those Conquered Through The Process Of Colonisation, Framing Other Societies Alien To Their Own.

The Catalogue For The "ETHNOLOGICAL" Objects In The Sydney States That The Exhibition Was 
"FOR THE PROPER EXHIBITION OF SAVAGE FINERY AND THE RELICS OF BARBEROUS NATIONS DOOMED TO SOON DISAPPEAR BEFORE THE ADVANCE  OF THE WHITES, AS THE AUSTRALIAN ABOROGINES HAVE ALMOST DONE" - (Miller - Select Chronology - 330)

The Sydney Garden Palace (1878 - 1882)
Objects And Histories - Representation Of Aboriginality In Exhibition Of Aboriginal Objects (1855 - 1957)