For Geoffrey Fairweather (1920–2013)

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Ian Fairweather letters © The Fairweather Estate, 2019

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Published by The Text Publishing Company, 2019

Robert Walker, Ian Fairweather on Bribie Island, Queensland, c. 1966 (detail). Gelatin silver photograph. National Art Archive, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. © Robert Walker / Copyright Agency, 2019.

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Index by Nikki Davis

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ISBN: 9781925355253 (hardback)

ISBN: 9781922253842 (ebook)

A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of Australia

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