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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Simon McCarthy

Art for the Grand Coal Dame: Liddell's legacy commemorated in art exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions in Muswellbrook and Singleton are capturing the passing of a titan after the decommission of Liddell Power Station.

Liddell Power Station in the Hunter Valley lit the state and sustained its businesses for more than half a century. Its decommissioning in April last year was at once the culmination of a legacy and a symbolic shift in the region's gradual but inevitable transition to renewable energy production.

The passing of such a titan was one thing for industry. It was another for a group of 16 artists who were granted access to the closing power station to generate a pair of concurrent exhibitions to capture the historic moment in creative expression.

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