Explore the 2023 Australian of the Year exhibition and find out who this year’s recipients are. Learn more about their lives, aspirations and experiences through objects of personal significance. A free children’s activity booklet will help you come up close with the objects and explore the extraordinary stories they tell.

This is a travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia, developed in collaboration with the National Australia Day Council.

Images courtesy National Australia Day Council 

Clockwise from top left: Samuel Bush-Blanasi, NT; Olympia Yarger, ACT; Dr Angraj Khillan, VIC; Craig Foster AM, NSW; Professor Samar Aoun, WA; Taryn Brumfi tt, SA; John Kamara, TAS; William Barton, QLD 

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