Reel credits

1. Danie Mellor (born 1972), Mamu, Ngadjon peoples, Stranger in Paradise, 2003, Parliament House Art Collections.

2. Lisa Michl Ko-manggén (born 1977), Kokoberrin people, Kedervent (jelly fish story), 2008, Parliament House Art Collections.

3. Robyn Stacey (born 1952), Beau Monde (pink), 2006, Parliament House Art Collections.

4. Sally Robinson (born 1952), Sydney Harbour, 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

5. Timothy John (born 1958), Lizard on a Stick, 1985, Parliament House Art Collections.

6. Timothy John (born 1958), Hanging Possum, 1985, Parliament House Art Collections.

7. Michael McWilliams (born 1956), The Hayjackers, 2007, Parliament House Art Collections.

8. Bryan Bulley (born 1965 ), Ground Bird, 2007, Parliament House Art Collections.

Photo credits

Image 1: Images: Art handlers from the Parliament House Art Collections team; Installing Louise Zhang (born 1991), ‘Severance is a/as a ghostly disease’, 2022, Parliament House Art Collections; Putting up the label for Jonas Balsaitis (born 1948), ‘Cave painting’ (detail), 1982-1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: Images: Art handlers from the Parliament House Art Collections team; Installing Louise Zhang (born 1991), ‘Severance is a/as a ghostly disease’, 2022, Parliament House Art Collections; Putting up the label for Jonas Balsaitis (born 1948), ‘Cave painting’ (detail), 1982-1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Images: Art handlers from the Parliament House Art Collections team; Installing Louise Zhang (born 1991), ‘Severance is a/as a ghostly disease’, 2022, Parliament House Art Collections; Putting up the label for Jonas Balsaitis (born 1948), ‘Cave painting’ (detail), 1982-1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 1:Unknown maker, Shield of stained glass from the British House of Commons Library, assembled c.1942, Official Gifts Collection, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: Blitz relics installed at Parliament House. Top: Unknown maker, Part of wood beam of the vaulting of the Lantern Tower of Westminster Abbey, c.13th Century, Official Gifts Collection, Parliament House Art Collections. Middle: Unknown maker, Part of the damaged courtyard railings from near main entrance gates of Buckingham Palace, n.d., Official Gifts Collection, Parliament House Art Collections. Bottom left: Unknown maker, Fire damaged brass grille from a door of the ‘No’ Division Lobby of the Chamber of the House of Commons, n.d., Official Gifts Collection, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Left: John Thomas (1813-1862), Stone lion (figures from the House of Commons), c.1846, Officials Gifts Collection, Parliament House Art Collections. Right: John Thomas (1813-1862), Stone unicorn (figures from the House of Commons), c.1846, Official Gifts Collection, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 4: Catherine O’Donnell (born 1961), ‘Time for rounds’, 2014, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 5: Peta Clancy (born 1970), Yorta Yorta people.

Image 6: Ruth Maddison (born 1945), ‘There is a Time: Highway 23’, 2009, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 7: Roy Dalgarno (1910-2001), ‘Know off time’, 1984, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 1: Dylan Mooney (born 1995), Yuwi, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander peoples, ‘Acacia Arbiana – Wattle’, 2022, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: Tony Bishop (designer, born 1940), Michael Retter (maker, born 1935), ‘Wattle [Acacia sp.], one of twenty marquetry panels’, 1986-1987, Art/Craft Program, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Pamela Griffith (born 1943), ‘First of August, Wattle Day’, 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 4: Megan J Walch (born 1967), ‘Alias 2: Remix’, 2012, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 5: Maxwell Dupain (1911-1992), ‘Untitled’, 1988, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 6: Lesley Dumbrell (born 1941), ‘Study for Tokyo rose’, 1984, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 7: Jock Clutterbuck (born 1945), ‘Zule Jelal’, 1984, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 8: Michael Johnson (born 1938), ‘Untitled’, 1980, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 1: Gabriel Smith (1724–1783), ‘Banksia serrata (Proteaceae) - Plate 285’, c.1770, editioned 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: Gerald Sibelius (1734–1785), ‘Castanospermum australe - Plate 84’, c.1770, editioned 1981, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Gerald Sibelius (1734–1785), ‘Clerodendrum floribundum (Verbenaceae) - Plate 254’, c.1770, editioned 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 4: Daniel Mackenzie (c. 1770–1800), ‘Deplanchea tetraphylla (Bignoniaceae) - Plate 244’, c.1770, editioned 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 5: Peter Rushforth (1920–2015), ‘Shipley winter - blossom jar’, 1985–1986, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 6: Uni Nampijinpa Martin, Warlpiri people (born c.1942), Basil Hall Editions (est. 1983), ‘Warlukurlangu Jukurrpa (Fire Dreaming)’, 2001, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 7: Holly Grace (born 1969), ‘Thredbo’, 2009, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 8: Geoff Wilson (1927–2024), ‘Late winter group’, 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 9: Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), ‘Winter paddock’, 1984, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 1: David Turner (born 1946), ‘Golden Juke’, 1984, Rotational Collection, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: David Aspden (1935–2005), ‘Moon crazy’, 1985, Rotational Collection, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Ann Thomson (born 1933), ‘Presence’, 1986, Rotational Collection, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 1: Sharon Peoples (born 1957), ‘Red shoe series XXXIV’, 2002, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: Bronwyn Jewell (born 1952), July One on Erub, 2010, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Ken Thaiday (born 1950), Meriam Mer people, ‘Beizam (Shark) Dance Mask’, 1991, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 4: Melbourne Museum (est. 1858), The beach was always a great place for fun. Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria 1927, c.1988, Parliament House Art Collections.