Jack Kelly's Rockhole by Queenie McKenzie
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Queenie McKenzie, "Jack Kelly's Rockhole" 1997. Natural pigments on canvas, 90 x 120 cm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. Gift of Richard Klingler and Jane Slatter, 2019. 
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