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Hyde Park Barracks

    A lighter shade of Drab

    In this video, as specialist painter Adam John Christian Seur goes about his work, curator Gary Crockett explains the origin of drab - a dull, strangely coloured paint used on the timberwork of Hyde Park Barracks. Music by Cameron Elliot.

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    smiling man seated on the back of a boat wearing cap and sunglasses with red ensign flag waving, with blue water and Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background, under blue sky.
    Gary Crockett
    Former Curator
    Curatorial and Exhibitions
    It was the dog‐eared world of Rouse Hill House, back in 1991, that inspired Gary Crockett to become a curator.
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