Our rich and varied Pictures Collection focuses on Australian people, places and events, from European exploration of the South Pacific to contemporary events. You can now view more than 100 500 of these items online. Have a look at the astonishing artworks from the Ducie Collection of First Fleet Art, stunning photographs by Frank Hurley and Wolfgang Sievers or Ellis Rowan’s botanical watercolours.
Explore our digitised Pictures Collection by viewing the selection showcased below, browsing through all digitised Pictures in our Pictures catalogue or reading selected articles and essays. To review our progress read Pictures digitisation - progress so far and Digitisation - overview.
Jeff Carter The drover's wife, Urisino Bore, New South Wales 1958
Ern McQuillan Tuna fishing at Eden, New South Wales 1960
Jeff Carter John Bucknell Waldren cracking macadamia nuts at Kingscliff, NSW 1957
Skinner Prout Alluvial gold washing, Mt Alexander goldfields, Victoria ca. 1852
Ruth Maddison Tea ladies in the owners, trainers and jockeys enclosure 1986
A.G. Foster ...construction site of the Commonwealth Bank 1925-1928
Wolfgang Sievers Two women working at Siemens, Victoria 1961
Wolfgang Sievers Draughtsman at Marweight Engineering, Melbourne 1968
Tim Webster Sunday lunch in the laneway at Queen Victoria Market 2003
Rodney Dekker Tim paddles a boat in front of flooded club house, Gippsland, Victoria 2007
Bill Bachman River red gums killed by rising salinity near Waikerie, South Australia 1999
Patricia Baillie A young woman gives her dog a drink, Glebe, NSW 2004
Rodney Dekker Cleaning up at Ripplewood Caravan Park, Lindenow, Victoria 2007
June Orford Mrs June Irwin pours recycled water onto her garden, Queensland 2008
Karl Sharp
No desalination plant at Kurnell protest rally, Sydney 2007
June Orford Young couple looking at rainwater tanks, Nunawading 2008
Rodney Dekker Upper Coliban Reservoir at 0.1% full, Kyneton, Victoria 2007
June Orford Mrs Gwen Upson pours water saved from her hot water bottle, Queensland 2008This image was recently identified as the only known vintage print of Roald Amundsen's expedition party honouring the Norwegian flag after arriving at the South Pole. Part of Tasmanian views, Edward Searle's album of photographs of Australia, Antarctica and the Pacific, 1911-1915.