 The idea of establishing a Grainger Museum in Australia had first occurred to Grainger in 1932 . He began collecting and recovering from friends letters and artifacts , even those demonstrating the most private aspects of his life , such as whips , bloodstained shirts and revealing photographs . In September 1933 he and Ella went to Australia to begin supervising the building work . To finance the project , Grainger embarked on a series of concerts and broadcasts , in which he subjected his audiences to a vast range of the world 's music in accordance with his " universalist " view . Controversially , he argued for the superior achievements of Nordic composers over traditionally recognised masters such as Mozart and Beethoven . 
