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Shaun Tan b. 1974

Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
Artist (Draughtsman),
Artist (Graphic Designer),
Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)

A Melbourne-based award-winning writer, draughtsman, graphic artist and filmmaker born in Western Australia in 1974. In 2011, he received an Academy Award in the Short Animated Film category for The Lost Thing, which was adapted from his book of the same title.

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Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic.

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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.

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

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