Events and exhibitions

Voices Gallery National Archives of Australia.

Exhibition

Voices / Dhuniai

Canberra

Visit the Voices exhibition to take a journey through the history of the Australian Constitution and the rights and freedoms it guarantees.

Connections gallery

Exhibition

Connections / Mura gadi

Canberra

The Connections exhibition reflects surprising and important connections between Australians and their government.

Children jumping from rocks into the sea.

Exhibition

Sea to suburbia

14 May 2024 - 28 Nov 2025

Perth

Australian government photographers capturing the people, places and daily life of Western Australia over 4 decades.

2 children with coloured markers

Event

Murrulangalang story time

12 Feb 2025 - 17 Dec 2025

Canberra

Join us for a fun interactive session of songs, stories and more for your early learners.

A protest march of people holding signs

Guided Tour

Skirt-suits and suffragists

07 May 2025 - 29 Oct 2025

Canberra

Explore the stories of significant women in Australia’s political history on our new walking tour.

Trans-Australian Railway express about 1960

Exhibition

Camel trains to steel wheels

24 May 2025 - 19 Oct 2025

Canberra

This exhibition features fascinating archival records, photos and footage that capture the events and challenges from the Trans-Australian Railway’s first 60 years.

Family dining by the motel pool.

Touring Exhibition

Reception this way

14 Jun 2025 - 19 Oct 2025

Albany

Travel around Australia revisiting your memories of the classic Aussie motel.

Protesters holding signs and banners.

Touring Exhibition

Disrupt, persist, invent

27 Sep 2025 - 07 Dec 2025

Albury

Australia, home of the 'fair go'. But is it really the free and fair place you'd hope for? What can we change?

Papua New Guinea - Education

Event

Showcasing Papua New Guinea collections

21 Oct 2025 - 24 Oct 2025

Celebrate Papua New Guinea’s 50th anniversary of independence by exploring PNG records held in the national archival collection.

There at Three Humock Island on the 40th parallel, they became a modern day Swiss Family Robinson. Recently Mrs Alliston had a book published on the family's adventures on their island. Authoress, Mrs Eleanor Alliston, reading her first book, "Escape to an Island", which tells of her family's life on Three Humock Island.

Event

Australia's literary landscape

23 Oct 2025

Online

Join us as we explore Australian literature since Federation and discover how the literary landscape has evolved.

A man standing among pumpkins in a field.

Event

Halloween at the Archives

30 Oct 2025

Perth

Join us on a spine-tingling journey as we unearth eerie tales from Western Australia’s history, hidden in the national archival collection.

National Archives of Australia Queensland office entrance.

Members

Behind the scenes tour

13 Nov 2025

Brisbane

Get a behind-the-scenes look at our Queensland Office repository with a tour led by our expert staff, followed by a morning tea.

Ship's waiter Leslie Young from Exmouth, Devon, headwaiter in Strathnaver. Leslie Young, 37 from Devon, head waiter in Strathnaver.

Event

Stache stories: Australia's whiskered past

25 Nov 2025

Adelaide

Discover how the moustache has shaped Australian identity, fashion, and policy over 150 years, from politicians to cricketers.