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Explore women-related objects, exhibitions and stories from the collection of the National Museum of Australia.

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Springfield–Faithfull family collection

Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters

Willsallen sulky collection

Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklaces

Marion Sutherland's bicycle

Shellwork Sydney Harbour Bridge

Yvonne E Kennedy collection

Val Plumwood canoe

Molly Goodall FJ Holden

Reima Miezitis' bicycle

Jackie Huggins collection

Amelia Campbell’s coffee urn

Chamberlain trial drawings

Daisy Bates collection

Aunty Ivy 'Life. Be in it' posters

Ellen Rogers collection

Liz Ellis netball collection

Martumili Ngurra canvas

Miss Australia crown

Elyne Mitchell's typewriter

Emilie Roach equestrian collection

Evonne Goolagong Cawley tennis collection

Faith Bandler's gloves

Hetherington doll's house

Latvian national dress

Queen Elizabeth II wattle painting

Papunya collection

Story of the Women’s Camp

Red Riding Hood wall-hanging

Yawkyawk sculptures

Azaria Chamberlain’s dress

Joan Richmond collection

Yoshiko Ishikawa’s wedding dress

Rose Pappas collection

Gertrud Bodenwieser dance collection

Diana Boyer environmental art collection

Listen Landmark Women

Equal pay for women

Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion

Defining Moments

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