Dictionary of Sydney

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Power, John Joseph Wardell

Expatriate doctor and artist who left his estate to the University of Sydney for the study and acquisition of contemporary art. His bequest became the basis of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Power Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Sydney.

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Born
Sydney
12 Oct 1881
Died
Jersey, Channel Islands
01 Aug 1943
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