Exhibitions 1992-1999

A list of our exhibitions held from 1992 to 1999.

1999

  • Follow the sun: Australian travel posters 1930s–1950s, ran from 13 Nov 1999 to 13 Feb 2000
  • Terre Napoléon: Australia through French eyes 1800-1804, ran from 10 Jun 1999 to 17 Oct 1999
  • Birds!, ran from 5 Mar 1999 to 20 Jun 1999

1998

  • Paradise possessed: the Rex Nan Kivell collection, ran from 6 Aug 1998 to 7 Feb 1999
  • An exquisite eye: The Australian flora and fauna drawings of Ferdinance Bauer, ran from 27 Apr 1998 to 19 Jul 1998

1997

  • Dance people dance, ran from 24 Apr 1997 to 12 Oct 1997

1996

  • For king and country: Australia's WW1 recruitment campaigns, ran from 6 Dec 1996 to 13 Apr 1997
  • Harold Cazneaux: Photographs, ran from 27 Jul 1996 to 24 Nov 1996
  • Fragile objects: Artists books and limited editions of the Graphic Investigation Workshop, ran from 1 Jun 1996 to 14 Jul 1996
  • The wandering artist: Augustus Earle's travels around the world 1820–1829, ran from 29 Feb 1996 to 26 May 1996

1995

  • Cover up: The art of magazine covers in Australia, ran from 26 Oct 1995 to 18 Feb 1996
  • An ideal city?: The 1912 competition to design Canberra, ran from 16 Jun 1995 to 8 Oct 1995
  • Beyond the picket fence: Australian women's art in the National Library's collections, ran from 8 Mar 1995 to 4 Jun 1995

1994

  • It's about friendship. Rom: A ceremony from Arnhem Land, ran from 10 Dec 1994 to 19 Feb 1995
  • 'On this we stand': Menzies and the Liberal Party of Australia, ran from 16 Oct 1994 to 27 Nov 1994
  • In her view: The photographs of Hedda Morrison in China and Sarawak 1933–67, ran from 2 Jun 1994 to 4 Oct 1994
  • Gold Fever! Life on the diggings 1851-1855, ran from 25 Feb 1994 to 15 May 1994

1993

  • Changing coastlines: Putting Australia on the world map 1493–1993, ran from 5 Nov 1993 to 13 Feb 1994
  • Poignant regalia, ran from 14 Sep 1993 to 21 Oct 1993
  • Encounter with Eden: New Zealand 1770–1870, ran from 19 Feb 1993 to 23 May 1993
  • The people's treasures: A celebration of collectors and collections in the National Library of Australia, ran from 9 Jan 1993 to 5 Oct 1993

1992

  • The lie of the land, ran from 17 Aug 1992 to 25 Oct 1992
  • Portraiture and biography, ran from 8 May 1992 to 2 Aug 1992
  • A Discerning Eye: Selections from the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, ran from 27 Feb 1992 to 26 Apr 1992
Exhibition details
01 Jan 1992 - 31 Dec 1999
9:00am – 5:00pm
Free
Gallery closed

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