Picture Trails: Art and culture
Slideshow trails
Art & culture
Geography & environment
History & society
Sport & physical education
Archived trails
Advertising Australia
A collection of Australian advertisements that shows various advertising techniques. This trail features the work of some of our best known advertising agencies and designers.
Cartoons and caricatures
A superb collection of cartoons and caricatures that appeared in magazines, journals, newspapers and books from 1786 to 1950. This trail features the work of some of Australia's best known cartoonists and includes many exquisitely designed and executed items.
Innovations and Inventions
Features Australian inventions developed between 1876 and 1991. More recent inventions from Swinburne University of Technology conclude the trail.
Australian Ballet
Discover the stars and the shows that have been part of the exciting history of the Australian Ballet since it gave its first performance in 1962.
More information about the Australian Ballet is available from the Australia Dancing website.
Australian artists
In the portrait mode?
Take a dip into the the art world with a look at portraits of Australian artists, then and now.
Fashion
Smart and sophisticated, quirky or outrageous, Australian fashion throughout the decades reflects the changes in our society and lifestyle.
View images of our Fashion history in this entertaining trail.
Indigenous arts
Indigenous Australians have a traditional culture that relies heavily on art, dance and storytelling to explain the natural world. View images that illustrate the beauty of these traditions in this trail.
View Mura Gadi an online guide to manuscripts, pictures and oral histories in the National Library of Australia relating to Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous Australians should note that this trail may include images or names of people now deceased.
Indigenous dance
Dance has always been important for Indigenous Australians to relate the stories of Ancestral Beings, their travels, ceremonies, hunting and gathering. Celebrate the living and performing art of Indigenous culture in this trail.
View Mura Gadi an online guide to manuscripts, pictures and oral histories in the National Library of Australia relating to Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous Australians should note that this trail may include images or names of people now deceased.