Collection: Reference

About 500 documents are used to survey Australian history from the economic crisis of the early 1840s to the beginnings of the long boom of the 1870s. Covers major events, developments and controversies in the nation's economic, social and cultural life

Surveys Australian history, from the start of the economic boom of the 1870s to the establishment of the Federal Government in 1900. About 500 documents cover major events, developments and controversies in the nation's economic, social and cultural life

Few engineers have had so enormous or so lasting an impact as John Whitton; in many respects his railways determined patterns of settlement and development in New South Wales. He was responsible for the building of 2131 miles (3431 km) of railway. This book is the story of John Whitton's life and...

NGV Australia hosts two complementary exhibitions that explore Australia's complex colonial past and the art that emerged during and in response to this period. Presented concurrently, the two exhibitions, Colony: Australia 1770-1861 and Colony: Frontier Wars, offer two parallel experiences of th...