WARNING: Visitors should be aware that this website includes images and names of deceased people that may cause sadness or distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Now showing

10 September 2009 – 8 March 2010
9am to 5pm. Free admission.
Gallery of First Australians Focus Gallery

From Little Things Big Things Grow traces the fight for Indigenous civil rights in Australia from 1920 to 1970.

It tells the largely unknown story of Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists who fought together for justice and equal rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This exhibition details the achievements and sacrifices of the struggle through personal stories, rarely seen objects and protest material.

To them the victory belongs, to them the future belongs, for they, the people, are the real makers of history.
Frank Hardy, 1961

Pictured above: Bill Onus, President of the Victorian Aborigines' Advancement League, takes part in the march for the Aboriginal Rights referendum, Melbourne, 29 May 1967.
Photo: Fairfaxphotos.

Find out more:

> About the exhibition
> Exhibition highlights
> Behind the scenes
> Personal stories
> Have your say
> The song lyrics
> Public forum
> Travelling details
> Acknowledgements
> Collaborating for Indigenous Rights website

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From Little Things Big Things Grow is a travelling exhibition developed and presented by the National Museum of Australia.

This exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.