Australian Museums – Virtual Tour

Australia is a country and continent surrounded by the Pacific and the Indian oceans. Its principal cities are spread around the coast and include Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin.

Australia’s political capital is Canberra, which is inland and 250kms southwest of Sydney.  Australia is the world’s largest island but also the smallest continent. The country is divided into six states and two territories.

Australia has some great museums which provide a unique sample of Western, Asian, and Pacific masterpieces as well as a significant focus on the Australian Aboriginal culture.

NOTE for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander: The collections on this site may contain the names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased.

A Virtual Tour of the Museums and Art in Australia

Indigenous Aboriginal Art 

• Australian Aboriginal Rock Art – Bradshaw Rock Paintings
• Indigenous Australian Rock Art – Wandjina Style
• Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings in World Museums
• Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes

The history of Indigenous Australians began over 65,000 years ago when Aboriginal Australians first populated Australia.

At the time of first European contact, it is estimated that as many as 750,000 people lived in Australia, with upper estimates being as high as 1.25 million.

A cumulative population of 1.6 billion people has been estimated to have lived in Australia for over 70,000 years. With this long and diverse history, Australia’s First Peoples developed a strong spiritual connection to the land, water, and animals that continues today.

“In the spirit of reconciliation, the “Joy of Museums” acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea, and community.

We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.”

Museums  in Australia

• Museums in Sydney
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Australian Museum
  • Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Museum of Sydney
  • Powerhouse Museum
  • Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
  • Nicholson Museum
  • Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
  • Museum of Fire

• Museums in Melbourne
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Shrine of Remembrance
  • Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria
  • National Sports Museum
  • Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Chinese Museum, Melbourne
  • Jewish Museum of Australia

• Museums in Canberra
  • National Museum of Australia
  • National Gallery of Australia
  • Australian War Memorial
  • National Portrait Gallery

• Museums in Brisbane
  • Queensland Art Gallery
  • Queensland Museum & Science Center
  • MacArthur Museum Brisbane
  • RD Milns Antiquities Museum
  • Queensland Maritime Museum
  • Commissariat Store, Brisbane
  • Queensland Police Museum

• Museums in Perth
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • WA Shipwrecks Museum
  • Perth Mint
  • WA Maritime Museum
  • Fremantle Prison

• Museums in Adelaide
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
  • South Australian Museum
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide

• Museums in Hobart
  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

• Museums in Darwin
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  • Darwin Military Museum
  • Australian Aviation Heritage Center

Australian Proverbs and Quotes

• Australian Proverbs and Quotes
• Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes

Australia

• Country:                                Australia
• Political Capital:                    Canberra
• Largest City:                          Sydney
• National language               English
• Population                           24 million
• Australian States & Territories with Capital City
  • • Australian Capital Territory (ACT) – Canberra
    • New South Wales (NSW) – Sydney
    • Victoria (VIC)  – Melbourne
    • Queensland (QLD) – Brisbane
    • South Australia (SA) – Adelaide
  • Western Australia (WA) – Perth
  • Tasmania (TAS) – Hobart
  • Northern Territory (NT) – Darwin

Museums in Australia

Top 5 Museums in Sydney, Australia

Melbourne Vacation Travel Guide

Australian Museum – Sydney

Museum of Sydney

Canberra Vacation Travel Guide

Top 5 Museums in Melbourne, Australia

See the National Museum of Australia

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Photo Credit: By Hai Linh Truong from Sydney, NSW, Australia (Sydney Opera House Close up HDR Sydney Australia) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons