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Museums in Canberra: Australian Institute of Anatomy, Australian War Memorial, Blundells Cottage, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra Museum and

Museums in Canberra: Australian Institute of Anatomy, Australian War Memorial, Blundells Cottage, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra Museum and


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Australian Institute of Anatomy, Australian War Memorial, Blundells Cottage, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Lanyon Homestead, National Film and Sound Archive, National Gallery of Australia, National Museum of Australia, National Portrait Gallery (Australia), Old Parliament House, Canberra, Questacon. Excerpt: The National Gallery of Australia is the national art museum of Australia as well as the largest art museum in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Australian government as a national public art museum. Tom Roberts, a famous Australian, had lobbied various Australian prime ministers, starting with the first, Edmund Barton. Prime Minister Andrew Fisher accepted the idea in 1910, and the following year Parliament established a bipartisan committee of six political leaders-the Historic Memorials Committee. The Committee decided that the government should collect portraits of Australian governors-general, parliamentary leaders and the principal "fathers" of federation to be painted by Australian artists. This led to the establishment of what became known as the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (CAAB), which was responsible for art acquisitions until 1973. Nevertheless, the Parliamentary Library Committee also collected paintings for the Australian collections of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, including landscapes, notably the acquisition of Tom Roberts' Allegro con brio, Bourke St West in 1918. Prior to the opening of the Gallery these paintings were displayed around Parliament House, in Commonwealth offices, including diplomatic missions overseas, and State Galleries. From 1912, the building of a permanent building to house the collection in Canberra was the major priority of the CAAB. However, this period included two World Wars and a...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781230774329
  • Publisher: Booksllc.Net
  • Publisher Imprint: Booksllc.Net
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 68 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1230774327
  • Publisher Date: 13 Sep 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Australian Institute of Anatomy, Australian War Memorial, Blundells Cottage, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra Museum and
  • Width: 189 mm


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