The National Museum of Australia constantly works to build its National Historical Collection. Learn more about a selection of recent donations and purchases here.
William Dargie's 'wattle painting' of Queen Elizabeth II
A rare portrait of Queen Elizabeth II provides the chance to examine the changing relationship between the Australian public and the monarchy.
The original prototype multi-channel cochlear implant, or bionic ear, hailed as the first major advancement in the treatment of deafness since the introduction of sign language..
A breastplate presented to the Yandruwanda people who helped explorers Burke and Wills on their ill-fated 1860s expedition records a cross-cultural encounter.
