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Biography of Sir Redmond Barry-founding father of many of Melbourne's major institutions.

About the Author

Ann Galbally is Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts of Redmond Barry's university. She belongs to a legal family well known about the Supreme Court where Barry presided and whose renowned Library he instituted. Her many books include The Collections of the National Gallery of Victoria (1989) and The Art of John Peter Russell (1977). It was while investigating the sad fate of a large number of casts and decorative ceramic objects once held by the Museum that she first encountered their collector-Redmond Barry.