Kids Trail: Australian Art Collection

Visitors exploring the Australian art collection, featuring Charles Blackman’s The Blue Alice 1956–57 (Purchased 2000. The Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund / © Charles Blackman/Copyright Agency, 2022), in the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Galleries (10–13), QAG, July 2020 / Photograph: J Ruckli

Visitors exploring the Australian art collection, featuring Charles Blackman’s The Blue Alice 1956–57 (Purchased 2000. The Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund / © Charles Blackman/Copyright Agency, 2022), in the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Galleries (10–13), QAG, July 2020 / Photograph: J Ruckli / View full image

From the earliest rock paintings to contemporary works, animals have featured in art for thousands of years. For many artists, animals are subjects that allow them to share ideas and experiences.

In this trail activity, you can discover a wild and wonderful menagerie of animals hiding in the Queensland Art Gallery’s Australian Art Collection, by looking for the symbol below on labels in the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Galleries.

  • Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa, Anmatyerre/Arrernte people, Australia c.1925 - 1989 / Untitled (Goanna Story) 1971 / Synthetic polymer paint on composition board / 78.5 x 54.5cm / Purchased 2020 with the support of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Estate of Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency

    Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa, Anmatyerre/Arrernte people, Australia c.1925 - 1989 / Untitled (Goanna Story) 1971 / Synthetic polymer paint on composition board / 78.5 x 54.5cm / Purchased 2020 with the support of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Estate of Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency / View full image

  • Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australia 1884-1961 / The fair musterer 1935 / Oil on canvas / 102.3 x 160.4cm / Purchased 1971 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © QAGOMA

    Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australia 1884-1961 / The fair musterer 1935 / Oil on canvas / 102.3 x 160.4cm / Purchased 1971 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © QAGOMA / View full image

  • Russell Drysdale, Australia 1912-81 / Man feeding his dogs 1941 / Oil on canvas / 51.2 x 61.4cm / Gift of C.F. Viner-Hall 1961 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © QAGOMA

    Russell Drysdale, Australia 1912-81 / Man feeding his dogs 1941 / Oil on canvas / 51.2 x 61.4cm / Gift of C.F. Viner-Hall 1961 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © QAGOMA / View full image

  • Sydney Long, Australia 1871-1955 / Spirit of the Plains 1897 / Oil on canvas on wood / 62 x 131.4cm / Gift of William Howard-Smith in memory of his grandfather, Ormond Charles Smith 1940 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Reproduced with the permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia

    Sydney Long, Australia 1871-1955 / Spirit of the Plains 1897 / Oil on canvas on wood / 62 x 131.4cm / Gift of William Howard-Smith in memory of his grandfather, Ormond Charles Smith 1940 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Reproduced with the permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia / View full image

  • Ken Thaiday Sr, Meriam Mir people, Australia b.1950 / Waumer (Frigatebird) 2004 / Plywood, synthetic polymer paint, black bamboo, plastic, fishing line / 150 x 200 x 240cm / Purchased 2004. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Ken Thaiday Sr

    Ken Thaiday Sr, Meriam Mir people, Australia b.1950 / Waumer (Frigatebird) 2004 / Plywood, synthetic polymer paint, black bamboo, plastic, fishing line / 150 x 200 x 240cm / Purchased 2004. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Ken Thaiday Sr / View full image