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Sydney George Ure Smith was a publisher and artist. He pioneered the use of high-quality printing techniques and published the influential periodicals Art in Australia (1916-42) and Home (1920-42). Smith was a trustee of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (1927-47; vice-president, 1943-47). A friend of Menzies, Ure Smith was vice-president of the Australian Academy of Art.
Source
Underhill, Nancy D.H. Smith, Sydney George Ure (1887-1949), Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Published in hard copy 1988, accessed online 4 July 2013.
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Australian Academy of Art
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Smith, Sam Ure
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Exhibition of Australian Art in London in 1923: A Record of the Exhibition Held at the Royal Academy and Organised by the Society of Artists Sydney
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