Coffs Harbour’s iconic Bunker Gallery will reopen this week with its popular National Cartoon Gallery set to share its space with a major motoring exhibition.
The National Holden Motor Museum will be a new permanent feature and showcase a range of the motoring icon’s history alongside 25 rare cars.
The display of Holdens and cartoons will provide a brand new visitor experience and deliver Australia’s first dual cartoon and car gallery – the first of its kind in the world.
Local businessman, Geoff King, who donated the display of 25 rare Holdens and memorabilia from the now closed Echuca National Holden Motor Museum in Victoria, said the Bunker Gallery is the perfect place to house it.
“Holden is one of Australia’s most iconic brands, and this exhibition will give a home to another major slice of our national identity and history,” he said.
“The cars, including a Peter Brock Bathurst-winning No. 5 Commodore tribute, the Holden 48-215 (FX), the first model to be built in Australia, and a collection of rare motoring memorabilia all deserve to be on show and what better place than the historic Bunker Gallery.”
The National Cartoon Gallery will also reopen with a look at Australian politics with its latest exhibition, Politically Speaking.
The collection of 165 cartoons from the gallery archives, represent the remarkable ways events over the past decade can be interpreted, with no politician or political story safe from scrutiny.
Bunker Gallery Vice President, Margaret Cameron, said the cartoon exhibition was a timely reminder of the role politics plays in our lives.
“This year more voters than ever head to the polls around the world, including our own local government elections later in the year,” Ms Cameron said.
“While we all have different views on politics and politicians, cartoons provide a humorous look at the issues of the time and reflect people's opinions and attitudes toward historical events.”
The Bunker Gallery featuring the National Cartoon Gallery and the National Holden Motor Museum opens to the public on Saturday 10 August from 9am.
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