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Rockhampton Art Gallery s Brendon Tohill turns the making of moving boxes into an artform
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With a cutting knife, hot-glue gun and cardboard, Brendon Tohill is crafting special housing for one of 3,000 pieces of artwork in his care.
The nationally significant collection, valued at more than $18 million, will soon be loaded into trucks with temperature, humidity and security controls for relocation to its new home in Rockhampton.
Most of the renowned collection, established by former Rockhampton mayor Rex Pilbeam and other community leaders in 1976, has been in storage for decades in the city s existing art gallery, which does not have enough space to display every piece.
UPDATE, SUNDAY 10AM: Tony Williams remains in the lead as almost 80 per cent of votes have been counted in the Rockhampton Regional Council mayoral vacancy by-election.
The latest data from the Electoral Commission of Queensland shows 44,649 votes have been counted out of 55,885.
Mr Williams now has 24.88 per cent of the votes with 10,810.
Holding second position is Russell Claus with 15.53 per cent of the votes with 6,748 votes.
Chris ‘Pineapple’ Hooper is in third with 12.30 per cent of the votes with 5,346 votes.
In fourth is Cherie Rutherford, gaining 10.19 per cent of the votes with 4,428 votes.
Donna Kirkland is in fifth position with 9.15 per cent of the votes with 3,977 votes.