Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

,,· 500,000 see warriors ., .. ' :;,·' PAUL Gillies and his son Graeme, 8 months, receive a bronze replica or a warrior from the Arts Minister, Mr Elliott. AN Albany Creek resident took his family to the Queensland Art Gallery's Entombed Warriors ex– hibition last Sunday and took home a bronze replica or a warri– or. Mr Paul Gillies was the 500,000th Australian to view "The Entombed Warriors", which bas become the most popu- 1 lar art exhibition in Queensland. More than 129,000 people ha,e Visitor's replica •isited the gallery since the exhi– ~itlon opened three weeks ago. Brisbane's average daily atten– dance Is 4772, compared with Sydney's 3556 and Melbourne's 3684. The State Tourism, National Parks, Sport and Arts Minister, Mr Elliott, presented Mr Gillies with the bronze replica of awarri– or yesterday morning. Mr Gillies was one of 8702 people who ¥isited the exhibition last Sunday - the biggest recorded attendance figure for an exhibition in Australia. The Entombed Warriors exhi– bition wilt-close on Sunday at 6 p.m. •·