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Spielvogel doubted the authenticity of the fragments held by the art gallery. On a visit to Ballarat later that year, Fox visited the art gallery and was given two more pieces by the custodians. In his 1963 self-published booklet, Fox advanced his argument about why the King fragments are authentic.
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invites entrants from amongst living Australian artists who are to represent in painting their reactions to the art and life of Emanuel Phillips Fox whose first biography was written by Len Fox in 1985. One winner is awarded $ 50,000 and their painting acquired for the collection of the Art Museum.
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held by the Art Gallery of Ballarat. He entered into correspondence with the family of Private John King, the art gallery, and Ballarat local historian Nathan Spielvogel. The art gallery gave Fox a sample of the Eureka Flag in March 1945, along with a drawing.
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Perhaps due to interest generated by Fox's publication, the main Eureka flag remnants were transferred to a safe at the art gallery later in 1963.
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Beggs-Sunter, Anne (2004). "Contesting the Flag: the mixed messages of the Eureka Flag". In Mayne, Alan (ed.).
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where he worked from 1946 to 1955, and in which he first wrote defending refugees and Jews against prejudice
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Fox and Brand's home for the next 50 years was a modest terrace house in Little Surrey Street, near
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Fox's widow Mona initiated the Len Fox Painting Award in his memory. From 2011 and bi-annually the
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He moved to Sydney in 1940, and immediately started writing for left-wing weeklies, starting with
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It is amongst the richest painting prizes in Australia. The 2021 winner was First Nations artist
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In December 1944, Fox published an article about the as then unconfirmed fragments of the
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Dream at a Graveside: The History of the Fellowship of Australian Writers 1928 - 1988
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from 1928 to 1932, then spent four years in Europe where he witnessed the rise of
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The Time was Ripe: A History of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship, 1956–69
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In 1956, Fox was a co-founder of the Indigenous rights organisation the
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for his dealings with Axis countries in the early days of WWII When the
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as the flag that flew over the stockade of the Eureka rebels in 1854.
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His career as a journalist began in 1936 with a pamphlet entitled
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Australian writer, journalist, social activist, artist (1905–2004)
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For the politician in British Columbia, Canada, see
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Index

Len Fox (politician)
AC
OBE
Melbourne
Sydney
New South Wales
Journalism
social activism
Mona Brand
Eureka Rebellion
Eureka Flag
Union Jack

Timeline
Military leaders
Siege
Origins
Australian gold rushes
Chartism
Revolutions of 1848
Thomas Hiscock
Victorian gold rush
The Eureka Rebellion
Anti-Gold Licence Association
Ballarat Reform League
Bendigo Petition
British army in the Eureka Rebellion
Charles La Trobe
Charles Pasley (engineer)
Edward Thonen

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