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TALK: War, Art and the Love Story Behind Roland Wakelin’s Canberra - Heritage Festival 2025

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Canberra Museum & Gallery
Canberra ACT, Australia
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Join Senior Curator Virginia Rigney to uncover the wartime love story behind Roland Wakelin’s serene depiction of the Canberra Methodist Church in Reid. The story involves the National Librarian Kenneth Binns, his daughter Alison and a young American officer who made a life-changing decision to take a quick trip to Canberra on the train for his few days of shore leave in 1944.

Image: Roland Wakelin, Canberra Landscape, 1944, Oil on canvas, Gift of Linnett Turner through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program 2024

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Canberra ACT, Australia
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