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Explore objects relating to women, along with exhibitions and stories from the collection of the National Museum of Australia.

Feared and Revered

Celebrate the power and diversity of female spiritual beings in cultural traditions and beliefs across the globe in this exhibition from the British Museum.
Feared and Revered
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Springfield–Faithfull family collection
Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters

Collection highlights

Shellwork Sydney Harbour Bridge
Reima Miezitis' bicycle
Marion Sutherland's bicycle
Jackie Huggins collection
Val Plumwood canoe
Willsallen sulky collection
Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklaces
Yvonne E Kennedy collection
Daisy Bates collection
Ellen Rogers collection
Elyne Mitchell's typewriter
Emilie Roach equestrian collection
Chamberlain trial drawings
Aunty Ivy 'Life. Be in it' posters
Amelia Campbell’s coffee urn
Evonne Goolagong Cawley tennis collection
Martumili Ngurra canvas
Miss Australia crown
Molly Goodall FJ Holden
Latvian national dress
Faith Bandler's gloves
Hetherington doll's house
Liz Ellis netball collection
Red Riding Hood wall-hanging
Story of the Women’s Camp
Papunya collection
Queen Elizabeth II wattle painting
Azaria Chamberlain’s dress
Yawkyawk sculptures
Effie Kyprios textile collection
Joan Richmond collection
Gertrud Bodenwieser dance collection
Yoshiko Ishikawa’s wedding dress
Rose Pappas collection
Diana Boyer environmental art collection

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