From a giant ram to Ned Kelly’s armour, these key treasures perfectly capture our pop culture, history and achievements as a nation.
Travel is often about seeing things, and those things are often outsized. In Australia, we want to know if someone has seen Uluru or the Sydney Opera House or the Flinders Ranges.
What are the things that encapsulate our pop culture or our sporting and scientific achievements? What objects make our history tangible, or are emblematic of events that created our national spirit? Thinking small can be rewarding. Next time you travel in Australia, draw up a list of significant objects you want to see on top of significant landscapes or towns. Here’s a brief bucket list to get you going, but you’ll no doubt question some choices and want to add others.A steel lifeboat from HMT Ascot, painted white with wooden trimmings and simple wooden plank seats. It disembarked troops of the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion under enemy fire in World War I.
Phar Lap ... the famed racehorse’s heart is among the most-viewed exhibits at the National Museum of Australia.
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