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Theme: Boom & Bust Artist: UNKNOWN Birth/Death: Title: Pair of packing case chairs Credit Line: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Resourcefulness in solving the problems of shortages of material developed as a characteristic of Australian life through the 19th and 20th centuries. Those in rural areas, while distant from ready supplies of commercially-available building and furnishing materials, found innovative ways to recycle the packaging materials that contained essential fuel, food and other commodities that were regularly delivered to them. More details Click image to enlarge