Cairns Art Gallery
Former nineteen-thirties government offices restored into three floors of gallery space with heritage terrazzo and stained glass.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Cairns Art Gallery opens on the building nobody expects behind that name: a nineteen thirties government office block, designed by architect Raymond Clare Nowland, once stacked with paperwork rather than paintings. It follows what happened once the public servants moved out in the early nineteen nineties, leaving the building empty with no plan for its future. Watch for the original terrazzo floors, timber panelling and stained glass as you move through the galleries.
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