National Gallery of Australia

Australian Prints, provides images and information about prints and printmaking, posters, and book arts including artists books and illustrated books.

It includes printed works from Australia, Aboriginal Australia, the Torres Strait Islands, Papua New Guinea, Maori and Pakeha Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific region including Niue, Samoa, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands.

The National Gallery of Australia's collection of prints from this area includes some 25,000 works all of which are searchable via the online database. Presently 16,000 images are available on the web.

This web site, an initiative of the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund, has been established to fulfil the objectives of the Australia National Gallery to:

Encourage understanding, knowledge and enjoyment of the visual arts by providing access to images and information about works of art locally, nationally and internationally.

Requests regarding reproduction of works should be made in writing to:

Nick Nicholson
Rights and Permissions Officer
National Gallery of Australia
GPO Box 1150 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
email copyright@nga.gov.au

For information regarding content contact:

Roger Butler, Senior Curator
Australian Prints and Drawings
National Gallery of Australia
GPO Box 1150 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
phone +61 2 6240 6414
fax +61 2 6240 6529
email roger.butler@nga.gov.au
web http://www.nga.gov.au/

Rock lily 1953
Margaret Preston
(1875 -1963)
National Gallery of Australia