Picture Trails: Arts and Literature

Musical Belles

March is Women’s History Month and in 2008 we are celebrating the immense contribution made by women of all ages to the ever changing sound of music!

By following the Musical Belles trail, you can see many of the women who have helped build the Australian music industry.

You can find more Musical Belles at the Women’s History Month website and also through Music Australia.

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Music

The Music Trail is a fascinating visual record of Australia's musical heritage. Discover music and musicians ranging from traditional indigenous forms through to folk and western art music, and the latest popular artists.

Find out more on Australian music and musicians at the Music Australia website.

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Social Dance

Follow our Social Dance trail and discover the styles and fashion of social dance in Australia from the 1880s to the present day. From the ballroom to the nightclub, these fifty images capture our exuberance in both formal and spontaneous expressions of dance.

More information about social dance is available from the AUSTRALIA dancing website.

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Women and Dance

Across the decades women and girls from all walks of life have enjoyed the pleasures of dancing. Follow the Women and Dance trail for some persuasive and surprising dancing moments.

More information about women and dancing is available from the AUSTRALIA dancing website.

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Australian Ballet

The Australian Ballet gave its first performance in 1962.

Follow the Australian Ballet trail to discover the stars and the shows that have been part of its exciting history.

More information about the Australian Ballet is available from the AUSTRALIA dancing website.

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Australian artists

Take a dip into the the art world with a look at portraits of Australian artists, then and now.

In the portrait mode? Then follow the artist trail.

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Australian authors

The faces behind the books, behind the great literature of our country.

Follow the literary trail for photographs, paintings and drawings of your favourite authors.

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Ballets Russes

The glamorous dancers of the Ballets Russes visited Australia between 1936 and 1940.

Follow the Ballets Russes trail to see them at work and play.

More information about the Ballets Russes is available from the PROMPT collection at the National Library of Australia and on the AUSTRALIA dancing website.

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Colonial art

With European settlement came many accomplished artists (and forgers!) who painted their way into Australian history.

For a range of images of the colonists and their lives take the colonial art trail.

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The Heidelberg School

The Heidelberg School of painters flourished in Victoria from the 1890s. Take the Heidelberg trail to find out more. You can also visit In the Artist's Footsteps, a web site about the lives and works of Australian Artists, in particular, the Heidelberg School.

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Realia

From a convict's outfit to scrimshaw carvings and emu eggs. Realia includes objects that you might not realise even exist.

Follow the realia trail and marvel at the nation's surprising collection of objects d' art.

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