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Old Masters: Australia's Great Bark Artists More than 120 works from key artists from Arnhem Land.

Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters

Mornington Island headdress

North-west NSW Aboriginal artefacts

Nowland's mail coach

Gertrud Bodenwieser dance collection

Rose Pappas collection

Oscar's sketchbook

Melbourne panorama

Elyne Mitchell's typewriter

Portrait of Jorrocks

Play School collection

Queen Elizabeth II wattle painting

Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklaces

Papunya collection

Terence Lane kangaroo collection

Story of the Women’s Camp

Shellwork Sydney Harbour Bridge

John Moriarty collection

Red Riding Hood wall-hanging

Yawkyawk sculptures

Martumili Ngurra canvas

Sugu Mawa (Octopus Mask)

Springfield–Faithfull family collection

Trevor Kennedy Collection

Zilm family furniture

Mr Squiggle and Friends – the Norman Hetherington collection

Sydney Harbour Bridge survival medal

Effie Kyprios textile collection

AE Smith instruments

Southern Cross memorial

Balarinji art and design collection

Ðàn tre musical instrument

Ernabella Arts collection

The Australian Sketchbook

Oil portrait of Robert the prize-winning bantam

Diana Boyer environmental art collection

Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert

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Harvest of Endurance scroll

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