A Year in Art: Australia, 1992 review – dreams and nightmares

Tate Modern, London
The 200-year battle for indigenous land rights in Australia is the focus of a devastating – and richly rewarding – exhibitionAustralia was founded on a Saturday, according to Algernon Talmage’s ludicrous painting of the scene. Assorted British officers raise their beer mugs to the union jack, hoisted above the gum trees: cheers! It could be any old cup final, except that this is Sydney Cove in 1788.The other side of the story at Tate Modern appears, very apt