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My Awesome Australian: Online exhibition

Namila Benson by Jasper (12-15 years, VIC)

Painting, acrylic paint on canvas
Namila Benson
Namila Benson is an awesome Australian because of the contributions to radio and TV. Her achievements include a lot of work with ABC as a field reporter, producer, art show presenter and more recently the host and co-creator of an art TV series called ‘The Art Of’, which is an ABC show exploring themes of emotions in art. If I was to give Namila Benson an award, it would be the ‘Life Time Media Award’ for her 35 year career in the radio industry, and for her achievement of excellent artwork That is why Namila is my awesome Australian!

My Awesome Australian

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