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Meet a Member Patrick Corrigan AM MRAG Patron and Lifetime Member Lives in Sydney
Please tell us a bit about yourself.
Patrick Corrigan was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia medal in 2000 for “service to the visual arts, particularly as a philanthropist to regional galleries and through a grant scheme for artists.” He has been an advocate for, and benefactor of, Maitland Regional Art Gallery since 2005.
I was born in Hankou, China (which is part of the greater city of Wuhan) but during the Second World War my parents decided it would be best to move to Australia. We only made it as far as Hong Kong, where we were caught up in the 1941 Japanese attack. My mother and I were interned there in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp for four years. We eventually made it to Australia. I began working in freight as a teenager, then built up my own freight business. It was through transporting artworks that I came to know artists and fall in love with all things art.
I’m nearly 90 – how long have you got?
Donations to the MRAG Collection: 726 items with a total value of $790,465.
So as a quick description of myself I would say I am a businessman who loves rugby, sailing, jazz, books, art, artists and I love collecting and sharing and supporting those loves.
Pat in his dining room
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