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Bringing the world’s heritage to Australia
Betty Churcher and Dr Caroline Turner
A tribute to Bob Edwards, 22 March 2011
Former National Gallery of Australia director Betty Churcher and art scholar Dr Caroline Turner discuss Bob Edwards’ contribution to persuading overseas gallery directors to allow exhibitions of masters to come to Australia.
A tribute to Bob Edwards
- A tribute to Dr Robert Edwards AO: welcome and keynote addressAndrew Sayers, Director, National Museum of Australia and Neil MacGregor, Director, British Museum
- Early curatorial career at the South Australian MuseumDr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum
- Bob Edwards: from orchardist to ethnographerDick Richards
- Bob Edwards: museums and archaeologyJohn Mulvaney, Mike Smith, Dick Kimber, Nic Peterson, Robin Hirst and Dr Philip Jones
- Foundation of the Aboriginal Arts BoardCarole Johnson, John Moriarty, Chris Fondum and Jenny Isaacs
- Bringing the world’s heritage to AustraliaBetty Churcher and Dr Caroline Turner
- A portrait of Bob EdwardsDoug Hall, Commissioner for the Venice Biennale and former Director, Queensland Art Gallery
- Contributions from friends and colleaguesJohn Bannon, Michael Treloar, Howard Morphy, Bob Edwards and Peter Stanley
