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• Power station turned event space lights up Australian architecture awards

  07-11-2024 17:53
  
  Mildura’s Powerhouse Place wins for sustainable architecture and urban design, while Sydney renovation for Atlassian boss takes top awardFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWith its whirring engines and towering smoke stacks, Mildura’s power station was hailed as a technological marvel of the early 20th century.When a new engine was installed to help light up the regional Victorian city in June 1925, the loc
  
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• Max Dupain: A Portrait by Helen Ennis review – the man who took Australia’s most famous photo

  07-11-2024 15:00
  
  In this very readable and moving biography, the Sunbaker photographer comes across as someone who spoke against his myth – but also traded on it until the endGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailDuring the summer of 1937-38, at Culburra beach, in Dharawal and Dhurga country on the south coast of New South Wales, a young man emerges from the surf and lies face-first on the sand. His friend, who is holding a Rolleiflex camera, exposes two negatives, one of which he’ll dismiss due
  
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