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Latitude
-37.864
Longitude
144.982
Start Date
1915-01-01
End Date
1915-01-01

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ID
tba197

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/laurie-thomas
Birth Place
St Kilda, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Biography
This entry is a stubb. Please help the DAAO by beginning to write Writers: Joanna Mendelssohn Date written: 2014 Last updated: 2014
Born
b. 19 January 1915
Summary
Laurie Thomas was a pioneer for professional standards in the two state galleries he headed, Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Queensland Art Gallery. Later he was the most influential art critic of the Australian and that newspaper's nominee for director of the Australian National Gallery.
Gender
Male
Died
20-Aug-74
Age at death
59