Galleries, Museums and Collections

It matters not that the story has been told and retold, what matters, is it is remembered, after all, history is nothing if not a collection of moments captured in a story.

And so we share our story with you.

The story of the “Great Brown Land, its people, its landscapes, its animals, and its environment.

That is our story, a moment captured, a time remembered, a people and place that is like no other.

Indigenous, pastoralists, explorers, men, women and children, animals, and environment co-existing, succeeding, failing, living, and dying, they all have a story to tell, and it is our great honour to be the custodians of these stories and share them with our visitors.

Hear first-hand the recollections from our extensive oral history collection, transcribed diary entries from those that cut a living from a harsh environment, the changing seasons that brought heartbreak or great wealth and success. “It was the bush that built the cities”, is not a throwaway line uttered once and forgotten, it is steeped in truth, and it is captured in Australia’s history books forever.