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Amaze Gallery
Amaze Gallery
The Amaze Gallery features an ever-changing display of remarkable items from the Library’s collection.
Location
State Library of New South Wales
1 Shakespeare Place
Sydney
NSW
2000
Australia
Amaze Gallery
The Amaze Gallery features an ever-changing display of eclectic items from the Library’s collection.
Current highlights include handwritten poems, letters and objects associated with the life and work of writer Henry Lawson, who died 100 years ago on 2 September 1922. Also on display are rare books showing mythical sea monsters and some of the earliest European illustrations of fish in the waters around New South Wales.
Also, on display are a selection of items related to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) and her visits to Australia, including a ‘Coronation loving cup’, a souvenir portrait from 1954, and a ‘Royal Charm Chocolates’ box commemorating the visit of Queen Elizabeth to the Tivoli Theatre in Sydney.
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