Shrine Stories: The Dyson

The Shrine Stories podcast takes you on a deep dive behind the objects in the Shrine's Galleries. In this episode, award-winning historian, storyteller and biographer Ross McMullin shares the story of Australia's first official war artist, William Henry Dyson. Will Dyson created hundreds of drawings of Australia's soldiers at the Western Front, and managed to capture something no other artist could. Ross references several of Dyson's paintings and lithographs, which can be viewed here. This episode also discusses the below artwork, Welcome back to the Somme, in detail.