Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
S 32° 55.760 E 151° 46.375
56H E 385276 N 6355879
The Newcastle Art Gallery was originally in the War Memorial Cultural Museum next door, from October 1957; but this building was opened on Friday 11 March 1977, by Her Majesty the Queen.
Waymark Code: WMV32A
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 02/14/2017
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As the plaque by the entry says:
"Newcastle City Council
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Officially Opened on 11th March, 1977 by
Her Majesty the Queen"
From the Art Gallery website: (
visit link)
Dr Roland Pope's "collection was held in storage for 12 years awaiting the Gallery's opening, which came in 1957, when 'Newcastle City Art Gallery', as it was then known, opened on the second floor of the War Memorial Cultural Centre, adjacent to the gallery's current home."
"Led by director Andrew Ferguson, a purpose built Gallery was constructed in the mid-1970s and officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Friday 11 March 1977. Proudly, Newcastle Art Gallery is Australia's first purpose built regional Gallery. Applauded as a model for medium-sized galleries, it has an innovative floor plan and hanging system. Further, the building is also an important example of early 1970s architecture with its geometric forms and brutalist aesthetic. Newcastle City Council's architect Brian Pile was the innovate designer of the present-day brutalist building."
Personally, I would have been 17 years old, and doing a Certificate in Accountancy course at the time of the opening, and would have been less than 30 kilometres away - at Cooranbong, NSW. (
visit link) [No recollection of the opening, tho I do remember that The Queen did visit then]
** Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II was 50 years old, and just celebrated her 25 years Jubilee of reign. I am guessing that there would be no Waymarker who doesn't know of Queen Elizabeth II, but as at 2017 she is the world's longest-reigning living monarch! **
Visited: 7.30 am, Sunday, 8 November, 2015