Frances Lindsay, Deputy Director, National Gallery of Victoria, introduces us to the extraordinary landscapes of Jane Sutherland.

Jane Clark, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby's Australia, discusses Arthur Streeton's work from the Hawkesbury district.

David Hansen, curator and writer, talks about national themes in this collection.

Michael Varcoe-Cocks, Conservator of Paintings 1850-1950 at the National Gallery of Victoria, discusses the conservation of Australian Impressionist paintings.

We travel to Sydney with Dr Mary Eagle, Fellow, at the Australian National University.

Terence Lane, Curator of the Australian Impressionism exhibition, brings together Heidelberg, Grosvenor Chambers, and the 9 by 5 Impression exhibition.

Dr Leigh Astbury, Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture at Monash University, introduces the Box Hill landscapes and the artists' pursuit of truth in nature.

Daniel Thomas, retired art museum curator and director, walks us through the sea-side paintings of the Sunny South and the Mentone period.

Freelance Historian Humphrey McQueen discusses the art of Spain and its influences on Tom Roberts' work.

Dr Andrew Brown-May from the School of Historical Studies at The University of Melbourne discusses the way in which the city of Melbourne was portrayed by Australian Impressionist painters.

Dr Gerard Vaughan, Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, explains how the artists in the Australian Impressionism exhibition (NGV Australia, 2007) became grouped generically as Australian Impressionists.