1854-1855
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Exhibition of New South Wales products (on display prior to their despatch to the Paris International Exhibition)
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1879
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Garden Palace Exhibition
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1905
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Sponges from a zoological and Commercial Point of View
|
1905
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Bower-building Birds of Australia
|
1905
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Nest Building Fishes
|
1905
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Pearls and Pearl Shells
|
1905
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Mosquitoes
|
1905
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Meteorites
|
1906
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Low Forms of Aquatic Life
|
1906
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Birds of Paradise
|
1906
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Oysters and Oyster Culture
|
1906
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Gems and Precious Stones
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1910
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Extinct Animals
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1921
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Hawaiian Family Group
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1922
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Boatswain Bird Group, Lord Howe Island
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1923
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Coral Pool Group, Lord Howe Island
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1923
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Admiralty Islets Bird Group
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1924
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Grey-headed Fruit Bat
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1924
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Reconstruction of a Papuan House or Ravi
|
1926
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Queensland Lungfish
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1926
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Ptarmigan
|
1926
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Aboriginal Group
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1927
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Skulls and Skull Casts
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1932
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Bushland, Fishers and Fauna
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1933
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Bird of Paradise exhibition
|
1936
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Limestone Caves
|
1937
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Fluorescent Minerals
|
1937
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Platypus Group
|
1937
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Lyrebird Group
|
1940
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Story of Man
|
1940
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Life History of the Dragon-Fly and Ants' Guests
|
1941
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Ant Lion and the Life History of the Caddis Fly
|
1941
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Exhibition of Aboriginal Artefacts
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1944
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Life History of the Tapeworm
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1945-1946
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Relief Map of the Central Coast Region of NSW
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1945-1946
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Evolution of the Horse
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1948
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Fossil Reptilian Footprints
|
1950
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Vickery Stamp Collection
|
1950
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Evolution of Man
|
1951
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Black Cockatoo Group
|
1953
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Invertebrate Gallery
|
1953
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Prawns and Prawning
|
1956
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Corals of the South-west Pacific
|
1956
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Age and Animals
|
1956
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Bluebottle Group
|
1956
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Mountain Parrot Group
|
1956
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Crabs and their Relatives from Local Harbour Waters
|
1956
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Relics from 'S.S. Dunbar'
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1956
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Eggs of the Ribbon-tailed Bird of Paradise - Cammerosaurus
|
1958
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Evolution of Flight
|
1958
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Aboriginal Relics
|
1958
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Rare Pigeons
|
1958
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Earthworms
|
1958
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Introduction to Minerals
|
1960
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Vertebrate Tree
|
1960
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These are Invertebrates (Invertebrate Tree)
|
1960
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Dangerous Marine Animals
|
1960
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Charles Darwin
|
1960
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Corroboree Frogs
|
1960
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Classification of Fishes
|
1960
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Neanderthal Man
|
1961
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Whales and Whaling
|
1961
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Vampire Bats
|
1962
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Deepwater Volute Shells from Eastern Australia
|
1962
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Mammal Maritime Exhibition
|
1963
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Shells of the Open Sea
|
1963
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Shells of the Sea Shore
|
1963
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Shells of Coral Reefs
|
1964
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Rocky Sea Shore
|
1964
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Australian Stone Implements
|
1965
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Conservation
|
1965
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Canadian Wildlife
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Opened 1966
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Hall of Fossils
|
1966
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Cook Relics
|
1967
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Antarctic
|
Opened 1967
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Antarctic, Pacific and New Guinea Gallery
|
Opened 1968
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Melanesian Gallery
|
1968
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Wildlife Photographs
|
1969
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It all Began in Eden
|
1970
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Cook, Banks and Australia
|
1970
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Moon Rock
|
1971
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Australian Bird Index - Parrot Photographs
|
1971
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Recent Anthropological Acquisitions display
|
1971
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NASA Moon Landing
|
1971
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Antarctic Fish Fossils
|
1972
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Pierre Bonnard paintings
|
1972
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Melanesia
|
Opened 1973
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Aboriginal Gallery
|
1973
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Indonesia Today
|
Opened 1974
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Marine Hall
|
Opened 1974
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Hall of Life
|
1974
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Cambodian Sculpture
|
1974
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Contemporary Indonesian Wall Hangings
|
1974
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Hall of Life Art Competition
|
1974
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Art of Oceania
|
1975
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A Peculiar Primate
|
1975
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Banksian Folio
|
1975
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Craft and Jade
|
Opened 1976
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Mineral Gallery
|
Opened 1976
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Arid Zone Gallery
|
1976
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American Glass Sculpture
|
1976
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A Better Way to Live
|
1976
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Contemporary American Ceramics
|
1976
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American Bicentennial Celebration
|
1976
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South Seas
|
1976
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Life in India and the Himalayas
|
1976
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Sringar
|
1976
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Halley's Comet display
|
1976
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Conservation of Australian Fauna
|
1977
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Arid Australia
|
1977
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History of the Museum: 150th anniversary
|
1977
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Sydney International Exhibition of Photography (S.I.E.P)
|
1977
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Indian exhibition
|
1977-1978
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Renewing the Dreaming
|
1978
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Aboriginal Arts Course
|
1978
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China exhibit
|
1978
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Balinese Paintings
|
1978
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Butterflies
|
1978
|
Bark Paintings
|
1978-1979
|
Oenpelli Bark Painting
|
Opened 1979
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Marine Invertebrate Gallery
|
1979
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Man and the Marine Environment
|
1979
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Child in Aboriginal Society
|
1979
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Message from the Mountain
|
1979
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Fourth Part of the World
|
1979
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Heathlands
|
1979
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Venomous Australian Wildlife
|
1979
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Treasures of the Museum
|
1979
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Emblems of the State
|
1979
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African Art
|
1979
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Musical Instruments
|
1979-1980
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Lion Rugs from Fars
|
1980
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Fossils and Dinosaurs
|
1980
|
Awareness
|
1980
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Man, a Peculiar Primate
|
1980
|
Tangata (Mankind)
|
Opened 1981
|
Invertebrates of the Sea
|
Opened 1981
|
Mammals in Australia
|
1981
|
Australian Fossil Flora
|
1981
|
Treasures of the Australian Museum
|
1981
|
Life in the Sea
|
Opened 1982
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Birds in Australia
|
Opened 1982
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Abelam: a people of Papua New Guinea
|
1982
|
Skeletons
|
1982
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Aboriginal Australia
|
1982
|
Massim Tribal Art
|
1982
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Warlpiri dancers from Yuendumu as part of Women and the Arts Festival
|
1982
|
Mineral Sales
|
Opened 1983
|
Skeleton Gallery
|
1983
|
Dinosaurs from China
|
1983
|
Exhibition for National Aborigines Week
|
1983
|
What on Earth
|
1983-1984
|
Baldwin Spencer Photographic exhibition
|
Opened 1984
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Aboriginal Australia
|
1984
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Rare and Curious
|
1984
|
Bushfires - In a Different Light
|
1984
|
Rare Stamps
|
1984-1985
|
Frank Hurley in Papua
|
Opened 1985
|
Insect Gallery
|
1985
|
Terrestrial Invertebrates
|
1985
|
Fossil Gallery
|
1985
|
Indonesia and the Pacific
|
1985
|
Galapagos, Born of the Sea
|
1985
|
Marine Worms
|
1985
|
Pressed on Paper
|
1985
|
Indonesian Regional Culture
|
1985
|
Robes of Power
|
1985
|
Sydney Urban Environment
|
1985
|
Renewable Energy
|
1985
|
Restricted Wildlife
|
1985
|
Aborigines in Sydney
|
Opened 1986
|
Planet of Minerals
|
1986
|
Spectacular Vernacular
|
1986
|
Cosmic Contact - Halley's Comet
|
1986
|
Year of Peace exhibition
|
1986
|
African Sanctus
|
1986
|
Insects
|
1986
|
Indonesian Regional Culture
|
1987
|
W.I.R.E.S Art Show 1987
|
1987
|
20th Century Dinosaurs
|
1987
|
Characters in a Crystal Landscape
|
1987
|
African and Aboriginal Art
|
1987
|
Discovery Room
|
Opened 1988
|
Tracks Through Time: the story of human evolution
|
Opened 1988
|
Rituals of the Human Life Cycle
|
1988
|
Dreamtime to Dust: Australia's fragile environment
|
1988
|
Pieces of Paradise: Pacific art through many eyes
|
1988
|
First Impressions: British impressions of Australia 1770-1840
|
1988
|
W.I.R.E.S Art Show
|
1988
|
Distance In Between
|
1989
|
Ancient Macedonia
|
1989
|
Taonga Maori: treasures of the New Zealand Maori people
|
1989-1990
|
What on Earth?
|
1990
|
Woven Image: contemporary Art from Arnhem Land
|
1990
|
Prohibited: the wildlife trade
|
1990
|
Dinosaurs Alive
|
1990
|
Opalised Fossil Pleiosaur
|
1990
|
Environment Expo '90
|
1990
|
Skeletons - Framework for Survival
|
1990
|
Monsters of the Deep
|
1990
|
Power of Love: six centuries of diamond betrothal rings
|
1990-1991
|
Discovery Space
|
1990-1991
|
Traditional Arts of the Sahara and Region
|
1990-1991
|
Maori Festival in Sydney
|
1991
|
William Liu - Pathfinder 1893-1983
|
1991
|
Some Memories for the Twentieth Century
|
1991
|
Story of Sydney
|
1991
|
Luk Luk Gen (Look Look Again!)
|
1991
|
W.I.R.E.S Art Show
|
1991-1992
|
Pol Art
|
1991-1992
|
Face to Face
|
1991-1992
|
Issues in Print - Aboriginal Posters
|
1991-1992
|
Greek Australians in Their Own Image
|
1991-1992
|
Raven's Survival: Eskimo spirit and subsistence in the far north
|
1991-1992
|
Now You See Them
|
1991-1992
|
Sydney's Kids
|
1991-1992
|
Street Science
|
1992
|
Living Mask
|
1992
|
Future of Australia's Dreaming
|
1992
|
Water Challenge
|
1992
|
W.I.R.E.S Art Show
|
1992
|
Boci-Boci Tarka
|
1992-1993
|
Mabo
|
1992-1993
|
Earthworm Environmental Awards
|
1992-1993
|
Gargantuans from the Garden
|
1992-1993
|
Our Place: Australian People, Australian Identity
|
1992-1993
|
Work - It - Out
|
1992-1993
|
Roots in Denmark
|
1992-1993
|
Ozone: the burning issue
|
1992-1993
|
Cat Attitude: the real issue with feral cats
|
1992-1993
|
Battered Fish: Australia's fisheries in crisis
|
1992-1993
|
Wasteland to Wetland: Homebush Bay
|
1992-1993
|
Oil Spills: the way clear
|
1993
|
Beyond the Java Sea
|
1993
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1993
|
1993
|
W.I.R.E.S Art Show
|
1993
|
Black Art
|
1993-1994
|
Shark!
|
1993-1994
|
Mitey Science
|
1993-1994
|
Sciencescape
|
1993-1994
|
Malaysian Children's Art Exhibition (Malaysian Arts Festival)
|
1993-1994
|
Great Russian Dinosaurs
|
1993-1994
|
Between Two Worlds
|
1993-1994
|
Earthworm Environmental Awards
|
1993-1994
|
Lukluk bek Long Taim Bipo
|
1993-1994
|
Wetlands
|
1994
|
Discoveries
|
1994
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1994
|
1994
|
Youth Identikit
|
1994
|
Art of the Himalayas
|
1994
|
Prejudice and Pride - Gay and Lesbian Communities
|
1994
|
Guadare, Ascoltare and Giocare
|
1994
|
Treasures of Africa
|
1994-1995
|
Search and Discover
|
1994-1995
|
Rediscovering Pompeii
|
1994-1995
|
Women's Views: art, science and the environment
|
1994-1995
|
Great Australian Treasure Hunt
|
1994-1995
|
Our Families
|
1994-1995
|
Rabaul
|
1994-1995
|
Drought
|
1994-1995
|
Pulp Friction
|
1994-1995
|
Promised Land
|
Opened 1995
|
More than Dinosaurs: evolution of life
|
1995
|
Environment
|
1995
|
Perspectives on Drought
|
1995
|
Croatian Australians, Australian Croatians
|
1995
|
Opal
|
1995
|
Why We had to Leave: stories from recently arrived refugees
|
1995
|
My Face My Place: private voices, public images
|
1995
|
Earthworms
|
1995
|
Images of Power: spiritual dimensions of Balinese life
|
1995
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1995
|
1995
|
Samba de Samba
|
1995-1996
|
Bordered Lives
|
1995-1996
|
ICI Zoom-In
|
1995-1996
|
Australia Street Archive
|
Opened 1996
|
Albert Chapman Mineral Collection
|
1996
|
Far Fetched
|
1996
|
Rainbow, Sugarbag, Moon
|
1996
|
Photographs from Australia's Heritage Commission
|
1996
|
Rom - Its about Friendship
|
1996
|
My Tibet
|
1996
|
View from the Hill
|
1996
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1996
|
1996-1997
|
Frogs
|
1996-1997
|
Awakenings: Australia-Pacific spirits
|
1996-1997
|
Drawn from the Heart
|
1996-1997
|
Sex, It's Only Natural
|
1996-1997
|
Images of Wisdom: through Australian-Palestinian eyes
|
1996-1997
|
Landscapes and Lives
|
1996-1997
|
Inside Out: process, progress, change
|
1996-1997
|
Face to Face (Indigenous Teenagers)
|
1996-1997
|
Gifts for a God (Captain Cook's Cloak)
|
1996-1997
|
Toekang Potret
|
1996-1997
|
Ogadot
|
1996-1997
|
Fascination Science
|
1996-1997
|
Earthworm Environmental Awards
|
1996-1997
|
Indigenous Australians: Australia's first people
|
1997
|
Gargantuans from the Garden - the Return
|
1997
|
The Long Paddock: Lives and Landscapes
|
1997
|
Night Skies: the art of deep space
|
1997
|
Kaleidoscope of Life
|
1997
|
Djalkiri Wangka
|
1997
|
Punkulture
|
1997
|
Carnivale
|
1997
|
Shadows in the Dust
|
1997
|
Painting the Land Story
|
1997
|
Olympic Arts Festival
|
1997
|
Festival of the Dreaming
|
1997
|
Bogcheh
|
1997
|
Retracing the Inbetween
|
1997-1998
|
Images of the Sea
|
1997-1998
|
Spiders!
|
1997-1998
|
Forbidden love, Bold Passions
|
Opened 1998
|
Biodiversity: life supporting life
|
1998
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1997
|
1998
|
Thirst: reflections on water in Australia
|
1998
|
Barddi'wanga: from the string
|
1998
|
Eureka
|
1998
|
Stolen Lives: documenting Aboriginal separation and survival
|
1998
|
Life and Death Under the Pharaohs
|
1998
|
Argonauts: graceful sailors in boats of shell
|
1998
|
Images of Mambesak
|
1998
|
Twang: a fusion of sounds from around the world
|
1998
|
Peepshow Kinetica
|
1998-1999
|
Food for Thought
|
1998-1999
|
Terrorsaurus
|
1998-1999
|
Black Beauty
|
1998-1999
|
Savage Island Hiapo
|
1998-1999
|
Images from the Sea
|
1998-1999
|
Face to Face
|
Opened 1999
|
Kids' Island
|
1999
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1998
|
1999
|
Eye to Eye: Observations by FE Williams, Anthropologist in Papua 1922-1943
|
1999
|
Topographies: landscapes of the imagination
|
1999
|
The Art of Eric Carle
|
1999
|
Tuba Rai Metin: firmly gripping the Earth
|
1999
|
Kitset Cultures
|
1999
|
Captive Lives: looking for Tambo and his companions
|
1999
|
Ancient Lives: Greeks, Romans and Etruscans
|
1999
|
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
|
1999
|
Picture Sydney: landmarks for a new generation
|
1999-2000
|
Mapping Our Countries
|
1999-2000
|
Menthen-Queue Here
|
1999-2000
|
Ngayulu-latju Palyantja
|
2000
|
Living Colour
|
2000
|
Body Art
|
2000
|
BHP Wildscience
|
2000
|
Sea of Hands
|
2000
|
Back to the Walls: tribal murals and aerosol walls from India and Australia
|
2000
|
Sospen Graun: Pottery from Papua New Guinea
|
2000
|
Power of Hair
|
2000
|
Bats
|
2000
|
Landmarks for the 21st Century
|
2000-2001
|
Transitions: indigenous Australian artwork
|
2000-2001
|
Sharing our Earth Tapestry
|
2001
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2000
|
2001
|
Australia's Lost Kingdoms
|
2001
|
Mystery of the Thylacine
|
2001
|
Sharing Our Earth Tapestry
|
2001
|
Super Croc.
|
2001
|
Catching... the Harbour
|
2001
|
Sisters of Charity 1838-2001
|
2001
|
Kids Earth Program - tapestry
|
2001-2002
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2001
|
2001-2002
|
New Traditions: contemporary art of Vanuatu
|
2001-2002
|
Mission Earthling
|
2002
|
A Worm's Eye View - the Wilbur Worm National Environmental Art Competition
|
2002
|
Body Art 2
|
2002
|
Images from Science
|
2002
|
Yumi Yet Bougainville: this is us
|
2002
|
Yilpinji: love, magic and ceremony
|
2002-2003
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2002
|
2002-2003
|
Levee Bank and Beyond
|
2002-2003
|
Beyond the Reef
|
2002-2003
|
Chinese Dinosaurs
|
2003
|
Two Emperors: China's ancient origins
|
2003
|
Yikwani: contemporary Tiwi ceramics
|
2003
|
Sense of Place
|
2003
|
Death: the last taboo
|
2003
|
Mukatinji Ngari
|
2003
|
Science in the City exposition
|
2003-2004
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2003
|
2003-2004
|
Up Close and Spineless
|
2003-2004
|
Gold and Sacrifice: treasures of ancient Peru
|
2003-2004
|
Chicka Dixon: the struggle in black and white
|
2004
|
Uncovered: treasures of the Australian Museum
|
2004
|
John Gould - 200 Years of Achievement
|
2004
|
Waterhole
|
2004
|
Gordon Syrons: private clubs and politics
|
2004
|
Michael Riley: a series of photographs
|
2004
|
Belonging
|
2004
|
Vestirse como Dioses - Dressed Like Gods
|
2004
|
Snapshots through Deep Time
|
2004-2005
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2004
|
2004-2005
|
Life Beyond the Tomb
|
2004-2005
|
Scientific Illustrations
|
2004-2005
|
Butterfly Effect
|
2005
|
It's a Dog's Life: animals in the public service
|
2005
|
Science in the City exposition
|
2005
|
Whodunit? Mystery at Menagerie Park
|
2005
|
Trail of the Mummy
|
2005
|
Mysterious Bog People
|
2005
|
Supercroc
|
2005-2006
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2005
|
2005-2006
|
TORTURE: inquisition, capital punishment
|
2005-2006
|
How to Make a Monster: The Art of Animatronics
|
2006
|
Pearls: opulence and obsession
|
2006
|
Science in the City
|
2006
|
Dinosaur Unearthed
|
2006
|
Pacific Patterns
|
2006
|
Ko Tawa
|
2006
|
Six Strands: woven vessels from the collection
|
2006-2007
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2006
|
2006-2007
|
Eaten Alive
|
2007
|
Colliding Worlds: first contact in the western desert, 1930-1984
|
2007
|
Australia Through the National Geographic Lens
|
2007
|
African Impressions
|
2007
|
On Track: contemporary Aboriginal art from Western Australia
|
2007
|
Science in the Bush
|
2007-2008
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007
|
2007-2008
|
Face to Face
|
Opened 2008
|
Surviving Australia
|
Opened 2008
|
Dinosaurs
|
2008
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
|
2008-2009
|
Frank Hurley: journeys into Papua
|
2008-2009
|
Papunya Painting: out of the desert
|
2009
|
When Mammoths Roamed
|
2009
|
Climate Change: our future, our choice
|
2009
|
Menagerie: contemporary indigenous sculpture
|
2009
|
Egyptian Treasures: art of the pharaohs
|
2009-2010
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009
|
2009-2010
|
Amazing Backyard Adventures
|
2010
|
Yiloga! Tiwi Footy
|
2010
|
Alive!
|
2010
|
Banana Kids
|
2010-2011
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010
|
2011
|
50 Years of Gold
|
2011
|
Fashion Less Waste
|
2011
|
Rituals of Seduction: birds of paradise
|
2011
|
Beauty from Nature: art of the Scott sisters
|
2011-2012
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011
|
2011-2012
|
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route
|
2012
|
Deep Oceans
|
2012-2013
|
Alexander the Great
|
2013
|
Charles Addams: American Gothic
|
2013
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012
|
2013
|
Polychaetes Photographic Display
|
2013-2014
|
Aztecs
|
2013-2014
|
Menagerie exhibition
|
Opened 2014
|
Garrigarrang: Sea Country
|
2014
|
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013
|
2014
|
Curious Treasures - The Long Gallery
|
2014
|
Tyrannosaurs - meet the family
|
2014
|
Armour
|
2014-2015
|
Same Jukurrpa: Same Country
|
Opened 2015
|
Pacific Spirit Gallery
|
Opened 2015
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Bayala Nura: Yarning Country
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Opened 2015
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Wild Planet
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2015
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014
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2015
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Organic Landscapes, Karen Burgess Photographs
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2015
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Trailblazers: Australia's 50 greatest explorers
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2016
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Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2016
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2016
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Janet Laurence: Deep Breathing (Resuscitation for the Reef)
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2016
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Spiders - Alive & Deadly
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2017
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Transformations: Art of the Scott Sisters
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2017
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Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2017
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Opened 2017
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Westpac Long Gallery - 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum.
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2017
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Mammoths - Giants of the Ice Age
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2018
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GADI - Gadi country and gadigal culture.
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2018
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Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2018
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2018
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Whales | Tohora - Giants of the ocean.
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2020
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Tyrannosaurs - Meet the family
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2020
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Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2020
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2021
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Spark - Australian innovations tackling climate change
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2021
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Unsettled
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2021
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Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2021
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2022
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Jurassic World by Brickman
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2022
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Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2022
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2022
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Sharks
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2022
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Burra
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2023
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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea
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2023
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Barka: The Forgotten River
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2023
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Wansolmoana
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2023
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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2024
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Thin Ice VR
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2024
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Fantastical Sharks & Rays
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