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'''Justus Jorgensen''' (12 May 1893 – 15 May 1975) was an Australian artist and architect. He is best known for establishing the artist colony Montsalvat, located in Eltham.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jorgensen-justus-10644|title=Jorgensen, Justus (1893–1975)|last=Teichmann|first=Max|chapter=Justus Jorgensen (1893–1975) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|location=Canberra}}</ref>
He was born in East Brighton, Melbourne, third of six children of Simon Jorgensen, a master mariner from Norway, and his Victorian-born wife Nora, née Schreiber. He was a student of Max Meldrum and an early member of his Australian tonalist movement.<ref name=":0" />
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