Abbey Altson was an Australian classicist painter. Born in Yorkshire (1864). Abbey (Abraham) Altson moved to Melbourne, Australia to study in the early 1880’s After several years there and having won a Gold Medal for his painting, he returned to England, stopping in Paris on the way to further his studies. He settled in London becoming a successful painter of portraits and genre pictures. He is...

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The Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery at North Terrace showcases the largest collection of Australian Aboriginal artifacts and archival material in the world. The exhibits tell a the story of the achievements of Aboriginal Australia that have arisen from the challenges imposed by the land. Discover the richness of Aboriginal culture through Themes, Technologies, Regional Case Studies and oth...

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The Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery is based in Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory of Australia, and is at the centre of Aboriginal art and culture. AFA has developed a strong identity and commitment to promoting the art and culture of Australia's indigenous people. The gallery’s catalogue focuses on works by prominent artists from Central and Western Desert regions of Australia as well...

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Albert Namatjira is perhaps Australia's best known Aboriginal painter, with his work forming one of the foundations of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. He was born on the 28th of July, 1902 in Alice Springs, from the Aranda tribe. Namatjira died in 1959. He was a Western Arrernte man, an Indigenous Australian of the Western MacDonnell Ranges area. Namatjira is best known for his watercolou...

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This memorial, to perpetuate the memory of the men and women of New South Wales who served in the first World War, was built from the proceeds of public subscription and a State Government grant. The structure is 100 metres high, its exterior being finished in red granite and the interior in New South Wales white marble. On the main approach is the Lake of Reflections bordered by poplar trees. O...

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The Arrernte Aborigines' Culture Centre is a must see for every visitor to Northern Territory. The Centre presents a tribal setting at Arrernte, a place 100 km south of Alice Springs. The museum is also and an art gallery that portrays Aboriginal life. Those who are interested can also attend courses on such subjects as Aboriginal history, how to play the didgeridoo and excursions to the Arrernt...

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The Art Galley of New South Wales is open from 10.00am to 5.00pm each day with the exception of Good Friday and Christmas Day. Admission is free with the exception that some charges apply to special touring exhibitions. The Gallery has many famous permanent collections including Aboriginal Art, Australian Art, European Art, watercolours, contemporary art, Asian art, Melanesian art, photography and...

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This collection was commenced in 1830, and contains many interesting exhibits in all departments of natural history. Of particular interest are the specimens of Australian native fauna, rocks and minerals, and exhibits dealing with the life and customs of Australian aborigines.

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Self contained luxury accommodation in quiet location with private entrance and off street parking. 1 bedroom, lounge, dining room, kitchen, ensuite and laundry. Private balcony overlooking pool area and garden to beautiful Caroline Bay.

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The Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum was founded in 1913 and has an impressive collection of Australian artworks and objects from Castlemaine and the surrounding district. The Gallery is housed in a heritage-listed art deco building designed by Percy Meldrum, one of the earliest examples of modernist architecture in regional Victoria. Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum is considered ...

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This is the largest and most imposing of Brisbane's public buildings. It occupies an island site of more than two acres in the heart of the city, and is the seat of municipal administration. Severely classic in the early Italian Renaissance style, the building is constructed of Queensland freestone, grey granite, and marble. The great hall or auditorium, which has seating accommodation for 2,500,...

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This building, at the northern entrance to the Botanic Gardens, was erected by Governor Macquarie in 1818 as stables for Government House, It is estimated to have cost 30,000. Before the building was completed, however, its "useless magnificence" was much criticized, and it was officially characterized as "a palace for horses, while human beings remained unhoused". To-day it is the State Conservat...

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The main hall of Melbourne's Exhibition Buildings of 1880 still survives as a proud monument to high Victorian optimism and belief in progress. The original complex of buildings covered an area of 8 hectares in Carlton Gardens complete with lakes and fountains. The buildings were used for the centennial exhibition of 1888. In 1901 the building was blazed with 10,000 electric lights to celebrate th...

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Recognised as one of Australia’s leading Indigenous art galleries since 1990, Gallery Gondwana, located in Todd Mall, Alice Springs, sources work from leading established and emerging artists from Australia and the South Pacific. This contemporary gallery exhibits and retails authentic Aboriginal art, fine art in the mediums of painting, works on paper, fibre, jewellery and glassware which trul...

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Beautiful hand-made Australian photographic cards on-line. The photographer is the well-known Sydney artist, Jeni Foran. Her work covers iconic Sydney -- the great tourist spots such as The Rocks, Manly and Bondi -- and goes wider to Australian native wildflowers and animals, stunning landscapes of coastal and bush scenes, rivers, the outback and the wetlands. Jeni's actual photographs, in gloss...

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Originally the Water Police Court (1856), Water Police Station (1858) and Police Court (1886), the Justice and Police Museum features a Magistrate’s Court; a Police charge room, a remand cell; a gallery of mug shots of Sydney’s early criminals; and an array of spine chilling weapons; forensic evidence from notorious crimes; displays exploring police history, bushrangers and punishment in socie...

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Melbourne Museum explores life in Victoria, from our natural environment to our culture and history. Located in Carlton Gardens, opposite the historic Royal Exhibition Building, the award-winning Melbourne Museum houses a permanent collection in eight galleries, including one just for children. Highlights include a complete skeleton of a blue whale, the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, a li...

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This is the State reference library, housed in one of the finest buildings in Sydney. It contains about 650,000 volumes and includes: a general reference department centred round one of the world's largest reading rooms; a circulation department for public libraries and country residents; the Shakespeare Tercentenary Memorial Library which contains the only copy of the First Folio in Australia; th...

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