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Morse, Gareth & Paddon, Kerry & Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery (1997). Gareth Morse : a journey into Australian landscape : retrospective 1975-1997 : Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, the University of Western Australia, 6 June to 20 July 1997. The Gallery, [Nedlands, W.A.] ISBN 0864223501 (pbk.) Libraries Australia ID 13297866