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Terracotta bust of Edmund Barton by Nelson Illingworth (c.1901)

30 September 2017

9:00 AM

30 September 2017

9:00 AM

Although they are not especially grand, these houses are arguably the most significant in the country. The four official residences of the Commonwealth – Government House and The Lodge in Canberra, Admiralty House and Kirribilli House in Sydney – certainly make a handsome group. As well as housing the G-G and the PM, they contain splendid furniture and decorative objects which are the collection of The Australiana Fund.

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