Picture Trails: Places

Western Australia

Australia’s western state is home to beautiful beaches, sunsets, rugged landscapes and diverse cultures. View images about the state's past, present and personalities!

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Section of: Gore, Stuart, 1905-1984. Chorus girls of regular nightly stage show at Princess Picture Theatre, Fremantle, at Cottesloe Beach, 1930. State Library of Western Australia.

Top End

The northern part of the Northern Territory is often referred to as Australia's Top End.

Explore the people, places, landscape and history of this area of the Northern Territory.

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Georgetown Billabong, Kakadu National Park, NT, 1992, CSIRO Land & Water

Antarctic exploration

The Antarctic has been an object of Australian exploration for many years.

Go 'South' with our polar explorers and researchers to marvel at the beauty and the hardships of Antartica.

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Raising the flag on Proclamation Island  [1929-1931] (detail); Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962; National Library of Australia

Images of early Brisbane

Photographs of early Brisbane show that floods were rife. Notwithstanding, a beautiful town was emerging.

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Door of Queensland National Bank, Brisbane, 1893;  University of Queensland Library

New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand have long had a close relationship. Our history has been linked from the early days of Australasian exploration through to the military history of the Anzac's and beyond.

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Mount Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, 8270 ft. high (detail); TG Glover, 1878;  National Library of Australia

Australian images in Timeframes

This trail shows images relating to Australia that are held at the National Library of New Zealand. These images are now available through Picture Australia, as well as through the National Library of New Zealand's online image service, Timeframes.

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Members of the Australian rugby team in Nelson 1905 (detail); National Library of New Zealand