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Valier, Biron

Biron Valier

Biron Valier is a painter and printmaker interested in the built environment.

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Peninsular suburb at the northern entrance to Port Jackson, which faces both the harbour and the ocean. Its name comes from the 'confidence and manly behaviour' of the Aboriginal people encountered there by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1788.