Howard Arkley was born 5 May 1951 in Surrey Hills. His family lived at 72 Essex Road; the house has been demolished and replaced by units. He is widely recognised as the foremost painter of Australian suburbia.A vertical file of information relating to the Arkely family: 1. Handout from Ruth Arkley compiled for her talk to Surrey Hills Historical Society, (undated) including 8 copies of photos (1 page) and milestones in Howard Arkely's life (3 pages). 2. Timeline of Howard Arkley's life from National Gallery of Victoria website, 1951-1999 (6 pages). 3. Information re Howard Arkley from NGV website (4 pages). 4. Australia Post brochure ‘postjournal’ with article re the Howard Arkley stamp and his brother Rob, June/July 2003 (20 pages). 5. ‘A perverse delight in gilding the silly’, re ‘Howard Arkley and friends’ exhibition at TarraWarra Museum of Art, The Age, 15.1.2016 (1 page). 6. ‘The art of suburbia’ re exhibition at TarraWarra, The Age, 22.11.2016, compiled by Gabriella Coslovich. (Friends and collaborators recalled the influence he had on them. These include Callum Morton, Kathy Temin, Elizabeth Gower and John Nixon). (3 pages). howard arkley, tarrawarra museum of art, robert arkley