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National Gallery of Australia
Australia's national art collection in Canberra, with one of the world's largest collections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.
History of the museum
Established in 1967 and opened to the public in 1982, the gallery has a collection of around 150,000 works. It bought Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles in 1973, which caused a political storm.
Top pieces
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Blue Poles Jackson Pollock, 1952
