Australia loses tussle over iconic art works after campaign to keep them in Britain IF LOSSES on the rugby and cricket pitches were not enough to dent Australians' fragile grip on their national pride, a further blow has been announced in relation to a pair of prized paintings of a dingo and a kangaroo. The National Gallery of Australia believed that it would be receiving George Stubbs's works depicting two of the country's national symbols, but the paintings will remain in Britain after a fundraising campaign by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.