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In pictures: 2019 Australian Geographic Gala Awards

By AG STAFF • 2 November 2019

Adventurer, explorer and the night's guest speaker Victor Vescovo. Image credit: Dan Gray

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On Friday, 1 November 2019, we toasted the achievements of some of Australia’s greatest conservationists and adventurers at the annual Australian Geographic Society Gala Awards night in Sydney, with special guest Victor Vescovo.

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