National Museum of Australia - Australian history and society since 1788

Australian history and society since 1788. Photo: Andrew Taylor/Fairfax Syndication.

Exploring the history of settlement in Australia and the development of the nation's political, social and economic life since British colonisation of the continent.

Now showing

Australian Journeys

Australian Journeys

Circa theatre exterior

Circa

Eternity

Inside: Life in Children's Homes and Institutions exhibition

Inside

League of Legends exhibition

League of Legends

Symbols of Australia exhibition

Symbols of Australia

From our past exhibitions

A colour cartoon depicting Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott. They stand staring at each other. A red dotted line connects their gaze. Julia wears a white t-shirt and black trousers. On the t-shirt is 'Kevin 10' and 'Julia 10' underneath. The 'Kevin' in 'Kevin 10' has been crossed out. Abbott wears a white t-shirt and red swimmers. On his t-shirt is 'Brendan 10' and 'Malcolm 10'. In each case, the names have been crossed out. On his swimmers is 'Tony 10'. Above Gillard is text that reads 'Behind the Lines'. Above Abbott is text that reads 'The year's best cartoons 2010'.

Behind the Lines

Captivating and Curious exhibition

Captivating and Curious

Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest exhibition

Miss Australia

Not Just Ned: A true history of the Irish in Australia

Not Just Ned

Royal Romance exhibition

Royal Romance

Online features

ANZAC Pilgrims

A black and white photogram showing an image of a man as well as a pair of scissors to the far right.

Australian Digital Journeys

Collection highlights

David Allen agricultural medals

Agricultural medals

Detail of a holey dollar

Holey dollar

Detail of gold coloured netball skirt

Liz Ellis netball collection

Detail of the a patterned dress

Heidelberg dress

A convict token

Convict tokens

Detail of small magnifying glass and silver case

Cook's navigational tools

Glass plate negative shoswing two miners in historic dress standing outside a slab hut.

Daintree's glass plates

A close-up of part of the face of a mantelpiece clock.

Blaxland clock

A photograph showing a 1940s car. The car's radiator grill and headlights are visible. A strong photographic light has produced highlights on the front mudguards of the car.

Daimler landaulette

Detail of a 35mm hand-crank movie camera

Hurley's movie camera

Detail of two people looking at Phar Lap's heart on display at the National Museum

Phar Lap's heart

Collection interactives

A screenshot image of an interactive

Cricketing Journeys

A screenshot image of an interactive

Jerilderie letter

A screenshot image of an interactive

European voyages to the Australian continent

A screenshot image of an interactive.

Crimson Thread of Kinship

Audio on demand

Eternity conversation series

The heart of Australian racing: The Melbourne Cup

Ludwig Leichhardt series

Collections 2006 series: Collecting for a nation

Behind the Scenes - Australian Journeys series

League of Legends

Classroom resources

In Search of Ned Kelly thumbnail image

In search of Ned Kelly

Years 6–10
Australian history, historical skills

Aussie English thumbnail image

Aussie English for the Beginner – Flash interactive

Years 2 and up
English, Indigenous culture & history, Australian history

Gold Rush thumbnail image

Gold rush – Flash interactive

Years 3–6
Australian history

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