Collection highlights
Landmarks showcases more than 1500 objects from the National Museum's collection, and from public and private collections in Australia and across the globe. Click on the objects below to find out more.
Key collection objects and places
Colonial Foundations
Batman land deed, Melbourne
Colonel William Light's writing desk, Adelaide
Convict era shirt, Hobart
Sydney Cove medallion, Sydney
Exploring the Country
Ludwig Leichhardt nameplate and medal, Sturt Creek
Blaxland clock, Blue Mountains
Investigator's anchor, Recherche Archipelago
Robert O'Hara Burke's water bottle, Cooper Creek
Grazing the Grasslands
Kenya Station windmill, Bowen Downs
Jeannie Gunn's writing desk, Springvale
King John Cry's breastplate, Springfield
Taxidermied shorthorn cattle steer, Derby
Gold and Government
Land of Opportunity
John Smith Murdoch's drawing instruments, Old Parliament House
School banner and bell, Robe
Sunshine harvester, Sunshine
Extending the Farmlands
Spirit of Inquiry
Bark painting by Albert Muta, Australian National University
Microscope, Townsville
WJ Macdonnell's telescope, Port Macquarie
Connecting the Nation
Phar Lap's heart, Flemington Racecourse
Nowland's mail coach, Liverpool Plains
Ceremonial wheel barrow and shovel, Trans-Australia Railway
Expanding the Economy
Excavator rock bucket, Mount Tom Price
Holden No. 1 prototype car, Fishermans Bend
Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme model, NSW
Stock exchange boards, Brisbane
Urban Life
Knitlock brick machine, Castlecrag
Esme Timberry's Sydney Opera House sculpture, Bennelong Point
Darrell Hick's holiday bicycle, Rottnest Island
No 3. Lanham Street, Bowen Hills
