#Victoria 3 time period free#

Free exhibition now on display on level 3. These two exhibitions aim to open a discourse on Australia’s history that acknowledges our difficult past, celebrates the cultural diversity that underpins this country and contributes to the ongoing exploration of our national identity.Ĭontinue the conversation on Australia’s complex past and its impact on First Nations people in Colony: Frontier Wars. Colony: Frontier Wars, on display on level 3, explores the impact of colonisation on First Nations people through powerful contemporary and historical works of art. The exhibition also includes historical cultural objects made in the nineteenth century that show the rich material culture of Tasmanian Aboriginal people, as well as that of First Nations people from New South Wales and Victoria.Ĭolony: Australia 1770–1861 is one of two complementary exhibitions that explore different perspectives on Australia’s shared history.

The exhibition follows a chronology based on the establishment of the key European settlements of Sydney, Newcastle, Hobart, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide, and charts the development of European art and culture in colonial Australia. Drawing upon public and private collections throughout Australia, it presents works ranging from maps, drawings and printed books to paintings, decorative art, furniture, photography and vernacular art. This significant exhibition will be of particular interest to Victorian audiences who have rarely seen, or had access to, the remarkable material created in the decades prior to the settlement of Melbourne in 1835.Ĭolony: Australia 1770–1861 explores the period between 1770, when James Cook reached the east coast of Australia, and 1861, when the National Gallery of Victoria was founded. The exhibition includes a diverse range of media: from Indigenous cultural objects of the period, early watercolours, drawings and illustrated books, prints, paintings, sculpture and photographs to a selection of decorative arts objects, furniture, fashion and textiles, even taxidermy specimens. Importantly, the exhibition acknowledges the impact of European settlement on Indigenous communities. Presented concurrently, the two exhibitions, Colony: Australia 1770–1861 and Colony: Frontier Wars, offer two parallel experiences of the settlement of Australia.ĭrawing from public and private collections across the country, Colony: Australia 1770–1861 brings together the most important examples of art and design produced during this period and surveys the key settlements and development of life and culture in the colonies. 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.