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<p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_break_away!" class="extiw" title="en:A break away!">A break away!</a></i> (1891, oil on canvas, 137.3 x 167.8 cm). This is an oil painting on canvas (137.3 cm x 167.8 cm). It depicts a scene in the late 19th century, set in the Riverina district during a drought. A mob of sheep is being moved by drovers through a parched landscape in search of water and green pastures. Smelling water, the thirsty sheep stampede downhill towards a dam, as one drover tries desperately to turn them around and save them from being crushed and drowned. A second drover (on the left-hand side, almost hidden by the dust) and two dogs – one having just been knocked over by some sheep – are unable to help.
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The painting is in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Tom_Roberts" class="extiw" title="w:en:Tom Roberts"><span title="Australian artist (1856-1931)">Tom Roberts</span></a>
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1891<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1891-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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