Explore the different ways that people imagine and use water in Australia, and learn how stories connect us to places, at the National Museum of Australia.
Tasmanian bark canoe
Learn about this modern bark canoe, made to an ancient blueprint.
Paddle Steamer Enterprise
Discover the Enterprise, one of oldest working paddle steamers in the world.
Collection Explorer
Search for more watery treasures in the Museum's collection.
On water
Explore a writer’s reflections on water and objects in the National Museum’s collection.
Kenya station windmill
Discover how farming and water technology work together in the outback.
Critical undercurrents
Explore the stories of people, politics and creative projects from the Murray-Darling Basin.
Snowy Scheme collection
Explore the Museum's collection of objects related to the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme.
Martumili Ngurra canvas
Discover one of the largest artworks in the Museum's collection — a map of waterholes and springs.
Basin Authority collection
Learn about the protests of Murray-Darling Basin irrigation communities.
Yawkyawk sculptures
This collection of woven pandanus sculptures depicts the Yawkyawk, a female Ancestral being found in the freshwater pools and streams of Western Arnhem Land.
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