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the following year. He was a keen fisherman and regularly shared this hobby with the Swan Hill High School principal, Fred Wells. He continued to exhibit at the
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marble himself, and used power tools for his rough work, but gave his pieces a brilliant finish. In 1953, he became vice-president of the
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Fantasia Series (23) Fairytale, watercolour and gouache
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