Guards' quarters towards Zenana John GOLLINGS The Nuba mountains and their valleys and wide fertile lowlands cover an area about the size of Australia. The people of the Nuba are skilful farmers growing crops on terraces on the hillsides and, in more peaceful times, working the fields down in the plains Jack PICONE Bésigue, cocktail dress PIERRE BALMAIN, Paris (fashion house); Pierre BALMAIN (designer) String of beads EGYPT Cone, tea service BELLEEK PORCELAIN FACTORY, Belleek Jar EGYPT Pair of gold earrings SYRIA Dress and shoulder piece COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Wedding outfit EVA LUTYENS, London (fashion house); UNKNOWN, (Australia); PARKER SHOE CO, Melbourne (manufacturer); MYER, Bendigo and Melbourne (retailer) Aran knit dress JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, Paris (fashion house); Jean Paul GAULTIER (designer) Day dress (ENGLAND) Infants sundress and knickers ANNA SCHOEN FASHIONS, Australia (manufacturer) Handscreen (panoramic) (FRANCE) Combinations UNKNOWN Hampi Bazaar across cane fields John GOLLINGS Entry gate, Hemakuta Hill John GOLLINGS Interior columns of Vithala temple John GOLLINGS Lookout post and urban core John GOLLINGS Gateway to Hampi Bazaar John GOLLINGS Scarab amulet EGYPT Head of an ushabti figure EGYPT Ushabti figure EGYPT Despite the on-going civil war and the decimation of their ranks by the Sudanese government’s cleansing the mountains policy, the men of the Nuba tribes still secretly celebrate the harvest with traditional stick fights Jack PICONE Doctor Norman Bethune THE EAST IS RED ART AND CRAFT STUDIO, Yuhuan Double unguent bottle SYRIA Basic Pattern Piece Sands & McDougall; M. E. McLEOD Toile for dress PIERRE CARDIN, Paris (fashion house); Pierre CARDIN (designer) Shirt and kilt JOHN GALLIANO, London (fashion house); John GALLIANO (designer) Narcissus Arthur BOYD Illustrations to Russell Grimwade's Flinders Lane: recollections of Alfred Felton Helen OGILVIE