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Surviving Australia gallery display of native wildlife

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Australian MuseumDarlinghurst / Sydney CBD

Surviving Australia

Now showingPermanent collectionFree

Australia's most fascinating creatures, from prehistoric megafauna to modern desert and city wildlife, and how they survive in a harsh continent.

Exhibition website

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On now All of October 2026

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Painting by Sidney Nolan from the Nolan: Origins exhibition

Nolan: Origins

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Work by artist CAO Yu from the exhibition Just Because

Just Because: CAO Yu

Artspace

Dana Claxton, Headdress - Shadae and her Girlz, 2023

Dana Claxton: Headdress

Artspace

All exhibitions in Sydney this month Coming up in November

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Georgian sandstone-trimmed brick facade of Hyde Park Barracks on Macquarie Street, Sydney

Hyde Park Barracks

ArchitectureFree6 min walk

Exterior view of the Art Gallery of New South Wales's classical sandstone building, viewed from The Domain, Sydney

Art Gallery of New South Wales

ArtFree9 min walk

National Art School exterior in the former Darlinghurst Gaol buildings, Sydney

National Art School Gallery

ArtFree10 min walk

Exterior of Artspace at The Gunnery, a heritage sandstone former naval store on Woolloomooloo wharf, Sydney

Artspace

ArtFree10 min walk

Image credits

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Surviving AustraliaCourtesy of Australian Museum
Nolan: OriginsCourtesy of Art Gallery of New South Wales
Just Because: CAO YuCourtesy the artist and Galerie Urs Meile. Photo: Yang Hao
Dana Claxton: HeaddressCourtesy of Artspace
Australian Museumwuppertaler / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Hyde Park BarracksJ Bar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Art Gallery of New South WalesBidgee / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5 AU
National Art School GallerySardaka / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
ArtspaceUser6499 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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