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Rare & curious : the secret history of Governor Macquarie's collectors' chest

by Elizabeth Ellis

This study examines the history of the Macquarie and Dixson Galleries' collectors' chests, two 19th-century cabinets containing colonial paintings and natural history specimens. It explores the origins, purpose and discovery of these significant Australian artefacts.

Accession 18466 ISBN 9780522853797 Publisher The Miegunyah Press, State Library of New South Wales
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