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  The Kongouro from New Holland (Kangaroo) 1772 by George Stubbs. National Maritime Museum object reference ZBA5754 It was darkening, the La NiƱa grass waving green in front of the house. The house was full of furniture that was much too large and grand for it. Oil paintings jostled for prominence in the tight space and the plaster needed to be repainted. Every week a new culinary experiment took centre-stage in the kitchen. On the first visit it was an aquarium-sized bowl of water kefir with lemons in lieu of goldfish. Then there was a whole leg of prosciutto under a tea towel - lifting the covering revealed the meat staged baroquely over a cutting board. To exit the space, one had to shimmy around the inlaid wood dining table, then proceed through the sliding door. Out there was the lawn with the vista. The ranges around to the right, dissolving into yellowing pasture with Fred Williams-like daubs, and then the wind farms which appeared smaller than candle wicks from here. The men we

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