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19 March 2016

9:00 AM

19 March 2016

9:00 AM

We were in Canberra to attend the dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Howard Government election; a good opportunity to catch up on some of the exceptional exhibitions available there. Tom Roberts at the NGA is reassuringly impressive, Celestial Empire: Life in China 1644-1911 at the National Library is fascinating and absorbing; unexpectedly accompanied by a delightful surprise: Hardy Wilson’s Peking.

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