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Hill of Content Bookshop Melbourne’s oldest bookstore, Hill of Content Bookshop, celebrated its 100th birthday last year. The little bookshop is one of Austral- ia’s finest, enjoyed by book lovers across the country and from around the globe. There’s always a story to tell, and the bookshop’s founder Albert Henry Spencer once revealed his account of the store’s beginnings, famous- ly revealing that its name came to him during a walk in the Fitzroy Gardens when “the elm trees and the plane trees and the poplars said, Call it the Hill of Content”. Spencer opened the bookshop in 1922 at its 86 Bourke Street location, where it continues to operate today. Over the years there have been many famous figures – writers, poets, artists and entertain- ers – who have signed its Visitors Book, in- cluding Sidney Nolan, Barry Humphries, Fred Williams, Patrick White, Louis Armstrong, E. Annie Prouix, Robin Boyd, Seamus Heaney, Jan Morris and Vikram Seth. With a broad and discerning range of books on offer, Hill of Con- tent is a must-visit destination for the discern- ing reader. Level 2/86 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel: +61 39662 9472 hillofcontentbookshop.com Central Art Aboriginal Art Store A leading gallery specialising in art from the heart of Australia, Central Art Aboriginal Store procures contemporary works by Aboriginal artists of the Central and Western deserts. It combines a large private showroom in Alice Springs with a highly informative on-line gal- lery, enabling art lovers anywhere to research and enjoy the exceptional art and learn more

an, second-hand and new book trader. 19 Oxford St, Paddington NSW 2021 Tel: +81 1800046240 Locations in NSW and Eumundi, Queensland berkelouw.com.au Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre With a commanding outlook over the snaking Tweed River and magnificent caldera, Tweed Regional Gallery is arguably the leading re- gional gallery in Australia, a ranking solid- ified in 2014 with the opening of its annex Margaret Olley Art Centre. The architecturally award-winning gallery building opened in 2004 and houses an outstanding collection of Australian portraiture and regional works of note. It also hosts high calibre travelling exhi- bitions such as the Doug Moran Portrait Prize and the travelling Archibald Prize. But it is the Margaret Olley Art Centre, with its meticulous re-creation of rooms and their contents from her home studio in Duxford Street, Padding- ton, Sydney, that draws busloads of visitors year-round. And deservedly so. Margaret Olley, who was born in Kyogle and grew up in Mur- willumbah, is Australia’s most admired painter of still life and interiors, much loved for her in- timate, perceptive artworks. A bohemian and pioneering woman of Australian art, visitors can view for themselves her artwork, paints, furniture, ornaments, crockery, cutlery, vases, flowers, and more. The gallery has a gift shop and restaurant with balcony dining – the per- fect place to muse after touring the gallery. 2 Mistral Rd, South Murwillumbah NSW 2484 Tel: +61 266702790 gallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au

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