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===Australia and New Zealand=== {{See also|List of Art Deco buildings in Sydney|List of Art Deco buildings in Melbourne|List of Art Deco buildings in Tasmania|List of Art Deco buildings in Perth|List of Art Deco architecture in Oceania}} <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px"> File:The Grace Building, Sydney, 1930 - Max Dupain (4226030071).jpg|[[Grace Building, Sydney|Grace Building]] in [[Sydney]], Australia (1930β31) File:Sound Shell and Skating Rink 01.jpg|[[Shell (theater)|Sound Shell]] in [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]], New Zealand (1931) File:Castlemaine Art Museum.jpg|FaΓ§ade of the [[Castlemaine Art Museum]], Australia (1931), architect Percy Meldrum, frieze by [[Orlando Dutton]] File:GoulburnElmsleaChambers 001.jpg|Elmslea Chambers in [[Goulburn]], Australia (1933) File:Anzac Memorial Hyde Park 001.jpg|[[Anzac Memorial]] in Sydney, Australia (1934) File:Holyman House, Launceston.JPG|[[Holyman House]] in [[Launceston, Tasmania]], Australia (1936) File:MelbourneCenturyBdg.jpg|[[Century Building (Melbourne)|Century Building]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia (1939) </gallery> Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, have several notable Art Deco buildings, including the [[Manchester Unity Building]] and the former [[Russell Street Police Headquarters]] in Melbourne, the [[Castlemaine Art Museum]] in [[Castlemaine, Victoria|Castlemaine]], central Victoria and the [[Grace Building, Sydney|Grace Building]], [[AWA Tower]] and [[Anzac Memorial]] in Sydney. Several towns in New Zealand, including [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] and [[Hastings, New Zealand|Hastings]] were rebuilt in Art Deco style after the [[1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake]], and many of the buildings have been protected and restored. Napier has been nominated for UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]] status, the first cultural site in New Zealand to be nominated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artdeconapier.com/Earthquake_8.aspx |title=Napier Earthquake |publisher=Artdeconapier.com |date=3 February 1931 |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706013856/http://www.artdeconapier.com/Earthquake_8.aspx |archive-date=6 July 2010 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artdeconapier.com/ |title=Home β Art Deco Trust |publisher=Artdeconapier.com |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630211317/http://www.artdeconapier.com/ |archive-date=30 June 2010 |url-status = live }}</ref> [[Wellington]] has retained a sizeable number of Art Deco buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wellington.govt.nz/recreation/enjoy-the-outdoors/walks-and-walkways/across-the-city/art-deco-heritage-trail |title=Art Deco heritage trail |publisher=wellington.gov.nz |format=PDF |access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref>
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