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Our latest exhibition "Lost & Lasting Schools" is now open.

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      • ALLEYNE, Haynes Gibbes (1814–1882)
      • BINNS, John Clyde (1894–1954)
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      • BUHRICH, Hugh (1911-2004) And Eva (1915-1976)
      • CAMERON, Helen (1911- )
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      • CREW, John (1907-2007)
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      • HARNETT, Richard Hayes Snr (1819-1902)
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      • HICKIE, Philip Leonard (1927-2012)
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      • KAYE, Eric (1916-2004) And Marguerite (’Rita’) Elizabeth (1917-2003)
      • KRAUS, August (‘Gus’) And Victor
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      • LARKIN, Edward Rennix (‘Ted’): 1880-1915
      • LEPLASTRIER, Claude (1860-1941)
      • McGINTY, Laurence F (1921–1991)
      • NICHOLLS, Eric Milton (1902-1965)
      • REIDY, Noel A. (1932- )
      • REILLY, Patrick Thomas (1952-2014)
      • ROLAND, Betty (1903-1996)
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      • SMITH, Joseph Knight (1868-)
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      • Watson, James Robertson C.1889
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