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Secreted behind the State Library’s handsome neoclassical facade are three galleries often overlooked by art lovers. Among them is the Cowen Gallery, with
its permanent display of busts and oil paintings reflecting Victoria’s history and heritage; significant portraits by leading figures such as Louis Buvelot and Danila Vassilieff. In the Dome galleries, the permanent Changing Face Of Victoria exhibition includes Ned Kelly’s armour and Jerilderie Letter, while Mirror Of The World: Books & Ideas reveals the library’s most beautiful and rare volumes – everything from a 2050BC Mesopotamian cuneiform tablet to rare first editions of Darwin’s On The Origin Of Species and Mao’s Little Red Book. Free daily tours at 2pm.
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Qantas The Australian Way July 2009