Appendix G – Exhibitions program

National Office exhibitions

Max Dupain on Assignment, a photographic exhibition on display from 13 December 2007 to 22 June 2008, was developed by the Archives in partnership with the Noel Butlin Archives Centre at The Australian National University.

Drawing Together: Showcasing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art Collection was on display from 17 May to 15 July 2007 and contained 70 works from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art Collection. The exhibition marked the fortieth anniversary of the 1967 referendum that gave the Australian Government the power to make specific laws in relation to Indigenous Australians. It was an initiative of the Archives, the Australian Public Service Commission, the National Museum of Australia and the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

Wrecked: Tragedy and the Southern Seas, from the South Australian Maritime Museum, was on display from 27 July to 14 October 2007. The exhibition told the story of some of South Australia’s 850 shipwrecks and featured many original objects from the South Australian Maritime Museum’s collection.

The 2007 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, from the South Australian Museum, was on display from 25 October to 2 December 2007. The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize is Australia’s richest prize for natural history art. The exhibition at the Archives featured the winners and highly commended entries.

Table 29 – National Office exhibitions, 2007–08

Exhibition	Dates	Number of visitors
Memory of a Nation and Charters of Our Nation	Permanent exhibitions	46 247
Max Dupain on Assignment	13 December 2007 – 22 June 2008	16 084
Visiting exhibitions
Drawing Together: Showcasing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art Collection	17 May – 15 July 2007	1 269*
Wrecked: Tragedy and the Southern Seas	27 July – 14 October 2007	6 414
2007 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize	25 October – 2 December 2007	2 531
Total		72 545

* While exhibition dates overlap with the previous financial year, the attendance figures provided are for the 2007–08 period only.

Find of the Month

Each month, a record from the Archives’ collection is showcased in the main foyer of the National Office and on the Archives’ website as Find of the Month.

Table 30 – Find of the Month media and web exposure, 2007–08

Month	Title	Media*	Web**
July 2007	Cost of a kiss: the Displaced Persons Program	97 837	1 960
August 2007	Dib dib dib, dob dob dob	8 600	29
September 2007	The disappearance of Harold Holt	5 500	1 610
October 2007	The horse, the myth, the legend	212 315	1 351
November 2007	‘The bearer has ceased resistance …’	63 115	1 709
December 2007	Act one, scene one: the seventeenth summer	105 438	1 109
January 2008	‘Proudly wave the banner high’: origins of the Australian flag	68 743	1 270
February 2008	Counting down … the Silver Jubilee Australian Top 20, 1977	13 350	466
March 2008	What’s in a name? Naming the nation’s capital	369 116	1 271
April 2008	‘With the camera at Anzac’	640 637	7 814
May 2008	‘Banish the budget blues’	19 435	1 645
June 2008	Put it in the post	5 500	748

* Total approximate circulation or audience for that day or program; figures do not
include media outlets where circulation figures are unavailable.
** Number of visitors to naa.gov.au/whats-on/online/find-of-the-month/index.aspx.

Touring exhibitions

Touring exhibitions provide opportunities for people in regional areas to engage with the Archives’ collection. Details of the Archives’ touring exhibitions in 2007–08 are outlined in Table 31.

Table 31 – National Archives of Australia touring exhibitions, 2007–08

Exhibition and venue	Dates	Number of visitors
*Summers Past: Golden Days in the Sun 1950–1970*
Public Record Office Victoria	22 May – 28 October 2007	6 777*
Wollongong City Gallery	24 November 2007 – 27 January 2008	7 013
Lady Denman Heritage Complex (Huskisson, NSW)	7 February – 30 March 2008	2 038
Australian National Maritime Museum (Sydney)	10 April – 20 June 2008	54 961
*It’s a Dog’s Life! Animals in the Public Service*
New England Regional Art Museum (Armidale)	13 July – 26 August 2007	2 460
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum	7 September – 27 October 2007	3 578
Queensland Museum (Brisbane)	17 December 2007 – 28 April 2008	146 631
Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery (Queensland)	2 May – 15 June 2008	2 205
*Just Add Water: Schemes and Dreams for a Sunburnt Country*
State Library of Queensland	20 July – 25 November 2007	4 952
Western Australian Museum (Geraldton)	13 December 2007 – 24 February 2008	7 358
Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame (Kalgoorlie)	27 March – 18 May 2008	8 437
Western Australian Museum (Perth)	29 May – 31 July 2008	5 196
Total		251 606

* While exhibition dates overlap with the previous financial year, the attendance figures provided are for the 2007–08 period only.