Centre of Democracy - #Onthisday on 25 September 1973, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced the purchase of Jackson Pollock's 1952 painting, Blue Poles No. 11, for the National Gallery of Australia. That
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Canberra Insider on X: "September 24, 1973: The Whitlam government bought Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles, spending $1.3 million on the masterpiece for the National Gallery of Australia. https://t.co/bLfZfjDA4J" / X
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