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.

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.

Family dining by the motel pool.

Touring Exhibition

Reception this way

14 Jun 2025 - 19 Oct 2025

Albany

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

Schoolchildren wave goodbye to the Indian Pacific during a stop on its inaugural run 1970.

Event

The Shop Train

21 Jun 2025

Canberra

Join us for an afternoon of storytelling, cultural discovery and creative fun for the whole family at National Archives of Australia.

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.

Entertainment - General - The Flying Fruit Fly Circus

Holiday Program

All aboard the circus train

07 Jul 2025 - 18 Jul 2025

Canberra

All aboard the circus train! Join us for holiday fun with a craft activity inspired by our ‘Camel trains to steel wheels' exhibition.

Demonstration against the Dissolution of Parliament by Sir John Kerr and support for Mr Gough Whitlam at Parliament House, 1975

Event

Constitution Day forum

09 Jul 2025

Canberra

Join us this Constitution Day to discuss what Whitlam's dismissal reveals about the future of our Constitution and democracy!

An actor from the Castle

Event

The Castle film screening

12 Jul 2025

Canberra

Join us for an afternoon of film, popcorn and laughter as we celebrate Australia's constitution.

Entertainment - Film - Film crew at Shay Gap, Western Australia

Member Program

Sound and vision

23 Jul 2025

Online

Watch history come alive through newly digitised audio-visual gems from the national archival collection.

Protesters holding signs and banners.

Touring Exhibition

Disrupt, persist, invent

27 Sep 2025 - 07 Dec 2025

Albury

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