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ow sh me ti DEERUBBIN CENTRE CELEBRATES The Deerubbin Centre in Windsor – home to Hawkesbury Central Library, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, community meeting rooms, the Evergreen Café, and community service providers FACS and Wesley Dalmar – will celebrate its tenth anniversary on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 June. Designed by Hawkesbury architectural firm, Pont Williams & Leroy, the landmark building was constructed on the site of the old Hawkesbury Hospital, and was part of the biggest investment in cultural infrastructure the district had ever seen. As well as vastly improved library facilities, the building provided a home for our first Regional Gallery, which has since staged 68 ma jor exhibitions, and many smaller ones, as well as numerous talks, events, workshops and excursions. Nearly 80,000 visitors have been through its doors, and visitor satisfaction is consistently rated very highly by both locals and visitors, who come from all over Sydney, as well as further afield, to enjoy the latest and best in contemporary art. The celebrations start on Friday 38 ISSUE 61 // June 2015 night, 19 June, with a special exhibition opening including free foo B