Explore the 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art exhibition through a guide designed for visitors who are blind or have low vision.
By scanning the QR code at the gallery entrance, you can listen to audio recordings of selected wall labels and artworks marked with the AD symbol throughout the exhibition. For best results, we recommend using a QR code app such as VIP Code Reader.
If you’d like a hand, our friendly staff are here to help. A device with headphones is also available to borrow from the front desk. Please note that some artworks are displayed on the floor, so we recommend visiting with an assistant for ease of navigation.
Introduction
Stop 1: Wurundjeri, Ground Floor
Brett Leavy, Virtual Naarm 1834, 2025
Stop 2: Celebration of Women Artists, Ground Floor
Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Narrbong-galang (String bags), 2024
Stop 3: Art of Victoria and Lutruwita, Ground Floor
William Barak, Ceremony, 1898
Stop 4: First Encounters and Responses, Ground Floor
Lin Onus, Taking the Children away, 1992
Stop 5: Art of Central and Western Desert, Level One
Betty Muffler and Maringka Burton, Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country), 2022
Stop 6: Art of Groote Eylandt, Level One
Minimini Numalkiyiya Mamarika, Macassan prau with three figures, waves and sea creature, circa 1941-45
Stop 7: Annex, Level One
Ishmael Marika, Waŋa Wataŋumirri Dharuk, 2013
Stop 8: Art of Arnhem Land, Level One
Dhambit Munuŋgurr, Welcoming the refugees / Scott Morrison and the treasurer, 2020–21
Stop 9: Scientific Racism, Level One
Julie Dowling, The Pay-Back, 1996
Stop 10: Cultural Astronomy, Level Two
Brian Robinson, Land Sea Sky: Charting our place in the universe, 2016
Stop 11: Art of the Kimberly, Level Two
Billy Benn Perrurle, Artetyerre, 2008
