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James Fairfax

Australian company director and arts patron, was born in Sydney, eldest son of Sir Warwick Oswald Fairfax

Educated at Cranbrook School, Geelong Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford, he became a director of John Fairfax & Sons Ltd in 1957 and took over from his father in 1977. He resigned in 1987 and sold his shares to his half brother Warwick Geoffrey Oswald Fairfax, during 'young Warwick's' ultimately disastrous takeover bid.

A prominent art collector, initially of Australian art, but from the 1960s increasingly of European old masters.

A memoir was published in 1991: Fairfax, James, My regards to Broadway : a memoir, Pymble, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1991.

A catalogue of his collection of art has also been published: Beresford, Richard, The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints / Richard Beresford, Peter Raissis, Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, c2003, Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 April - 20 July 2003.

He was appointed an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia in 1993.

In the Australia Day Honours of 2010, he was elevated to Companion of the Order (AC), for eminent service to the community through support and philanthropy for the visual arts, conservation organisations and building programs for medical research and educational facilities.[

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The collection encompasses paintings and sculpture, prints and drawings, photographs, the decorative arts, sketchbooks, posters and installation art.

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Australian prints and drawings
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Rotary collection of Australian art
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The National Gallery of Australia is the national art gallery of Australia, holding more than 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Australian government as a national public art gallery.

The collections of the National Gallery of Australia include:

Australian art
- Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art (mostly recent, but in traditional forms)
- Art in the European Tradition (from European settlement to the present day)
Western art (from Medieval to Modern, mostly Modern)
Eastern art (from South and East Asia, mostly traditional)
Modern Art (international)
Pacific Arts (from Melanesia and Polynesia mostly traditional)
Photography (International & Australian)
Crafts (dishes to dresses, international)
the Sculpture Garden (Auguste Rodin to Modern)
Visiting exhibits