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Trying to find out what's happening in the world of public art and design, who's doing what to whom, always seems to bring up the same few publications or sources of information as a starting point. This is also true of searching the internet, where the same public art sites crop up as a repetitive cycle of links. In part, the popularity of these sites arises from a degree of longevity and an openness to dialogue, allowing an evolving complexity of information and networks.

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Beyond Mertz and Whitechapel: 'contemporary' Australian Modernism

Furby raises the issues of women artists role in Australian society and the considerable lack of recognition for this minority. The radical art group, the Contemporary Art Society (CAS), which was founded in Victoria in 1938 to counter attack academic art and to foster original and creative contemporary art, had its majority as women artists. The works of Mirka Mora, Erica McGilchrist, Nancy Borlase, Elsa Russell, Jacqueline Hick and Barbara Robertson are included in this discussion.

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Talking Together

Lola Greeno (curator), Amanda Baxter (Pilakui), Michelle Brown, Destiny Deacon, Dulcie Greeno, Len Maynard, Nennerpertenenner (Sammy Howard), Francesca Puruntatameri, Thecla Bernadette Puruntatameri University Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston September 2000

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Space adventures: Collaborations in public art and urban design in Victoria

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Paramor: Lost and found

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Stafford and Staff: Queensland's Public Art Agency

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Gateway to Adelaide: The Process, The Result

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Letters to the Editor

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