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In 1889, the family – Edward, Christina, Max, and Max’s two brothers – emigrated to
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Despite his dedication to study – classes occupied both his days and his nights – Meldrum quickly became disillusioned with the quality of the training. In a letter to a friend dated June 1900, he compares the painting instruction he received in
Melbourne favorably to that in Paris and hints at
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pursuing a more self-directed approach to his study. By mid-1901, he was living with his uncle in
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