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Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic.

Description

The Special Collections, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, comprise some 200,000 rare or historic books, serials and pamphlets and literary archives.

The McArthur Bequest (1903) was the first substantial donation to the University Library, which has been followed by, among others, the Sir Russell Grimwade, Ian McLaren and Clern Christesen collections acquired in the 1970s.

Website

http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Website

http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm

Queensland Art Gallery

Website

http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic.

Description

This Collection began when Dr John Orde Poynton generously donated 3,700 Old Master prints in 1959. In 1964, the Collection was enhanced by Harold Wright’s bequest of half his collection of Lionel Lindsay prints and prints by W. P. Robins and H. J. Stuart Brown. It has since been supplemented by gifts and purchases to number over 8,000 prints and volumes from the 15th to the 20th centuries, including paintings.

Website

http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/prints/

Christchurch City Art Gallery

Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand

Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Melbourne, VIC

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Description

The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

Website

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/

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Art Gallery of New South Wales

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

Description

The Art Gallery of South Australia was founded in 1881. It is located at the heart of Adelaide’s cultural boulevard, North Terrace, between the South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide.

Website

http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/

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Art Gallery of South Australia

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

Description

The Art Gallery of South Australia was founded in 1881. It is located at the heart of Adelaide’s cultural boulevard, North Terrace, between the South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide.

Website

http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/

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Art Gallery of South Australia

Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand

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Auckland City Art Gallery

Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC

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Ballarat Fine Art Gallery

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW

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Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC

Description

The Benalla Art Gallery presents an exhibition program of Australian and international art in the Bennett Gallery, in addition to the permanent collection which includes elements of the region’s history and recounting an Australian-European settlement story. The collection continues to develop with recent acquisitions including outstanding Indigenous and contemporary Australian artworks.

Website

http://www.benallaartgallery.com/

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Benalla Art Gallery

Brisbane College of Advanced Education

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Brisbane College of Advanced Education

Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW

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Campbelltown City Art Gallery

Christchurch City Collection, New Zealand

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Christchurch City Art Gallery

Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC

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Geelong Art Gallery

La Trobe University Art Museum, Melbourne, VIC

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La Trobe University

McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Vic.

Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

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Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand

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Museum of New Zealand