Vew from the chair: Speeches of Richard WL Austin

2 The substantive role of the former International Cultural Corporation of Australia (ICCA) was subsequently vested in Art Exhibitions Australia Limited (AEA). Speech 3 Those in attendance at the opening included His Excellency the Governor-General; His Excellency. the Egyptian Ambassador; Hon. Ministers of the Crown; Mr Clinton Condon, Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board; Mr Sam Zavatti, Managing Director; Bank of America Australia Limited and Chairman of the International Com_mittee for the exhibition; Dr Cheong Khoong Kong, Managing Director; Singapore Airlines Limited; Mr A Moseley, Manager; Australian Airlines; Mr James Leslie, Chairman, International Cultural Corporation of Australia; Mr Bob Edwards, Director; Museum of Victoria and Chairman of the National Planning Committee; Mr Edmund Capon, Director; Art Gallery of New South Wales; The Hon. Gary Punch, Ministerforthe Arts and Territories forthe Federal Government Speech -4 The other venues were the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and the National Gallery ofVictoria, Melbourne. 2 'The Inspired Dream: Life As Art in Aboriginal Australia' was the brain-child of former Director Raoul Mellish. It was organised by the Queensland Art Gallery with the Museums and Art Galleries ofthe Northern Territory and was shown from 31 March 1988 to 26 February 1989. It was the first in the program of exhibitions for the World Expo 88 period. On display throughout the entire duration of Expo, the exhibition emerged from more than 40 000 years of Aboriginal creative life, and revealed the cultural continuity of Aboriginal art from pre-history to the present day. Selected from the collections of the museums and art galleries of the Northern Territory, the exhibition included large colour photographs of rock paintings, bark paintings produced in the 1900s, burial posts and contemporary art works. 3 See Speeches I & 2, this Chapter & Section; Speech 2, Chapter 2; Speech 3, this Chapter & Section. Speech 5 3 The role of a State Gallery (II) Acquisitions 1988-95 I See Chapter 3 (111), Speeches I O & I I. Speech I 3 The role of a State Gallery (Ill) Other exhibitions 1988-95: Consolidation Expo and post-Expo This was 'Gold ofThe Pharaohs', 17 Aug.-2 Oct. 1988. 179