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Cairns Art Gallery
Cairns & Tropical North, QLD
The 1936 Public Curators Building — terrazzo floors, stained glass, polished local timber — took 15 years of civic lobbying and $2 million to convert into Cairns' main public gallery, opening in 1995. Free entry. The programming leans into what's genuinely local: the art and living cultures of Far North Queensland, with dedicated collections in First Nations fibre, textiles and land.
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