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On Country: Photography from Australia 2025

Images taken in the town of Humpty Doo, a rural outpost on Larrakia/Wulna country, where the artist foregrounds country as an active protagonist. Photograph: Liss Fenwick Surat translates from Sudanese Arabic as 'snapshots'. The photographer recreates photos that her parents brought with them to Australia from Sudan. Photograph: Atong Atem This image flips reality, showing the view of a reversed Australian structure and the impact of colonisation. Photograph: Michael Cook A shot from a series exploring Queensland's tourist seaside city, the Gold Coast, examining crime and intense urbanisation. Photograph: Ying Ang The Naabámi (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me) series uses colonial photographic methods to photograph matriarchs and future matriarchs of Indigenous communities. Photograph: Brenda L Croft A collaboration with Indigenous children from the remote community of Warakurna, who made their own props and costumes. Photograph: Tony Albert, David Charles and Kieran Lawson A cyanotpye print that shows Capemba Bumbarra – a flow of fresh water through country on the Queensland coast. Photograph: Louis Lim/Elisa Jane Carmichael and Sonja Carmichael A self-portrait using white ochre paint from the series Ritual and Ceremony. The artist's work focuses on regenerating cultural knowledge and ceremonial practice. Photograph: Maree Clarke The series Big Sky is a photographic survey of Australia's heartland – an attempt to dispel sentimental and outdated narratives about the 'outback'. Photograph: Adam Ferguson The artist draws on personal experience as an Indigenous Congolese artist, photographing members of Naarm/Melbourne's Africa diaspora. Photograph: wani toaishara Portraits taken in Lutruwita/Tasmania from the series Portrait of a Distant Land explore community and country. Photograph: Ricky Maynard The series Postcards from the Edge, tells the story of an artist through vintage Australian postcards that celebrate queer freedom. Photograph: The Huxleys A photo from a series examining the climate crisis through imagery of the artist's children. Photograph: Lisa Sorgini An image exploring queer intimacy in Melbourne. Photograph: J Davies A shot from a series highlighting the environmental impact of mining on country. Photograph: James Tylor This series communicates the sacredness of country and its infinite and unending connection with the artist and his community. Photograph: Robert Fielding The Kinchela Aboriginal boys training home was a site that received young boys from the Stolen Generations. The artist looks at the trauma of being displaced from country. Photograph: Tace Stevens