Where to Find Art and Culture
Architectural Sights
 Australia's contemporary architecture shows all the richness and complexity of a truly multicultural society
in its ability to take the best of architecture and design from the wider world and adapt it to meet the special needs of the Australian environment - with a result that is distinctly
Australian. Read more.
Art & Galleries
Every city in Australia boasts a major art gallery. Along with an appreciation for the visual arts of Europe and Asia - seen in the major touring exhibitions -
Australia has a world-class tradition of its own in the art of its Aboriginal people, which has undergone a renaissance in the last 30 years. Read more.
Comedy & Theatre
Australia has a powerful, vibrant theatrical tradition that offers a wealth of contemporary and traditional theatre. For comedy - try the Melbourne International
Comedy Festival, or the many comedy clubs in every city. Read more.
Dance & Music
Open the arts pages of any Australian capital city newspaper and you will find evidence of a society with a lively appreciation for dance and classical and contemporary
music. Read more.
Exhibitions, Shows, Festivals
Australians know how to throw a party - as they proved to the world during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Throughout the country, there are festivals,
events and exhibitions that celebrate the diversity of modern, multicultural Australia - one of the most racially varied societies on the planet. Read more.
Museums
Australia's museums provide the background reading to an astonishing continent. Australia's history, its plants and animals and its people are just some
of the elements that make it unique, and Australia's museums turn the microscope on the richness and grandeur of the island continent. Read more.
Federation Square
 Federation Square, corner of Flinders and Swanston streets is the striking city square in the heart
of the Melbourne. The size of an entire city block, the Square brings together a creative
mix of attractions including leading-edge galleries, cinemas, award-winning restaurants, cafes and bars, events and festivals and grand public open spaces embraced by some of the
most unique and striking architecture in the world.
Specific attractions include the Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria Australia, housing the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Australian art.
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