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Catalogue of an exhibition of colonial and contemporary works related to the theme of Australia as a cabinet of curiosities in the early nineteenth century based on Governor Lachlan Macquarie's collectors' chest; essays by Lisa Slade, Diane Mellor and Ian McLean; includes the work of Lycett, Esmee Timbery, early corroboree scenes (James Wallis/Walter Preston), John Heaviside Clark, Augustus Earle, T. R. Browne and Fiona MacDonald.