Past exhibitions

Image grid featuring (clockwise) Dawn Fraser, Warwick Capper, Shane Warne and Louise Sauvage

Images (left to right): David Moore, Portrait of Dawn Fraser, Melbourne, 1963 (detail), nla.obj-140402089 [left hand upper]; Serena Ovens, Portrait of Louise Sauvage, 1996 paralympian (detail), nla.obj-136368441 [left hand lower]; Bruce Howard, Sydney's Warwick Capper taking a spectacular mark over Mick Martin of the Kangaroos in a game at the MCG on Anzac Day, 1991 (detail), nla.obj-148148262; Steve Holland, Australian cricketer Shane Warne holding a cricket ball and stump at the end of the Fourth Test of the Ashes Series, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 2006 (detail), nla.obj-137980452.

Grit & Gold: Tales from a Sporting Nation
09 Jun 2023 - 28 Jan 2024 | 09:00 - 17:00

Great sporting moments make great stories.

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A windmill stands in a paddock surrounded by dry, yellow grass. Lake George in New South Wales is visible in the background.

Joyce Evans, Windmill on Lake George, New South Wales, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-153304178

Joyce Evans
04 Apr - 03 Dec 2023 | 09:00 - 17:00

This collection-in-focus display contained highlights from the Library’s Joyce Evans Archive.

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A person on a skateboard is in the air. Two people in the bottom right hand corner are looking up at him. One of them is wearing a cardboard crown. The background is a blue sky with white clouds.

Dave Tacon, Australian Renton Millar, world champion professional skateboarder, performs a method air above a half pipe ramp, before a crowd of young onlookers at Prahran, Victoria, 8 April 2009, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137927722, courtesy Dave Tacon

Viewfinder: Photography from the 1970s to Now
16 Sep 2022 - 30 Apr 2023 | 09:00 - 17:00

This exhibition took a unique look at the journey of Australian documentary photography over the last five decades.

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Costume designs for Cochenille, Spalanzani and Guests from 'The Tales of Hoffmann', State Opera of South Australia 1982

Kenneth Rowell, Costume designs for Cochenille, Spalanzani and Guests (detail), The Tales of Hoffmann, State Opera of South Australia 1982, Kenneth Leslie Rowell Costume Design Archive (Pictures), nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6938134

Kenneth Rowell: Designer for the Stage
29 Jun 2022 - 02 Apr 2023 | 09:00 - 17:00

This collection-in-focus display highlighted the work of Melbourne-born painter and designer Kenneth Rowell.

Treasures Gallery
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Sir Robert Helpmann as Oberon

Houston Rogers, Portrait of Sir Robert Helpmann as Oberon, 1954, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136330433

On Stage: Spotlight on Our Performing Arts
04 Mar - 14 Aug 2022 | 09:00 - 17:00

There’s no business like show business, and this exhibition brings Australia’s performing arts history into the limelight.

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