Events and exhibitions

Voices Gallery National Archives of Australia.

Exhibition

Voices / Dhuniai

Canberra

Visit the Voices exhibition to take a journey through the history of the Australian Constitution and the rights and freedoms it guarantees.

Connections gallery

Exhibition

Connections / Mura gadi

Canberra

The Connections exhibition reflects surprising and important connections between Australians and their government.

Children jumping from rocks into the sea.

Exhibition

Sea to suburbia

14 May 2024 - 28 Nov 2025

Perth

Australian government photographers capturing the people, places and daily life of Western Australia over 4 decades.

2 children with coloured markers

Event

Murrulangalang story time

12 Feb 2025 - 17 Dec 2025

Canberra

Join us for a fun interactive session of songs, stories and more for your early learners.

Family dining by the motel pool.

Touring Exhibition

Reception this way

08 Mar 2025 - 01 Jun 2025

Albury

Travel around Australia revisiting your memories of the classic Aussie motel.

Protesters holding signs and banners.

Touring Exhibition

Disrupt, persist, invent

21 Mar 2025 - 01 Jun 2025

Newcastle

Australia, home of the 'fair go'. But is it really the free and fair place you'd hope for? What can we change?

A protest march of people holding signs

Guided Tour

Skirt-suits and suffragettes

07 May 2025 - 29 Oct 2025

Canberra

Explore the stories of significant women in Australia’s political history on our new walking tour.

Media - Australian Information Service - John Holdsworth and John Simpson at Work.

Touring Exhibition

Focus

23 May 2025 - 17 Aug 2025

Sydney

This fascinating exhibition takes Australia's government photographers out of the darkroom and into the spotlight.

Trans-Australian Railway express about 1960

Exhibition

Camel trains to steel wheels

24 May 2025 - 19 Oct 2025

Canberra

This exhibition features fascinating archival records, photos and footage that capture the events and challenges from the Trans-Australian Railway’s first 60 years.

A young family of 5 walking with food supplies

Event

Community day

24 May 2025

Canberra

A fun-filled community day in Canberra to celebrate the arrival of our exhibition Camel trains to steel wheels: life on the Trans-Australian Railway.

Gallery exhibits under image of the Milky Way

Guided Tour

Voices / Dhuniai gallery tour

03 Jun 2025

Canberra

Join us for a curator-led tour of our Voices / Dhuniai exhibition during Reconciliation Week!

Certificate Exempting from Dictation Test (CEDT) - Name: Chung Han See Poy and child Gilbert Tom born at Geraldton - Nationality: Chinese - Birthplace: Canton - departed for China per TSINAN on 27 January 1908, returned to Townsville per CHANGSHA on 20 Se

Event

Trials and tribulations

17 Jun 2025

Brisbane

Discover the untold stories of Queensland’s early Chinese migrants with author and historian Elizabeth Nunn.

Three women standing on a sandstone cliff above the ocean dressed in futuristic fashion.

Touring Exhibition

Out of this world

04 Jul 2025 - 05 Oct 2025

Adelaide

See how the space age captured the imagination of a nation and its people, from mid-century fashion to early satellites and rocket playgrounds.