Sarbi, the explosive detection dog who was famously lost and found in Afghanistan, is preserved as a key exhibit at the Australian War Memorial.

The yellow getaway car that famously splits in two in the Australian cult classic Malcolm is on display at the National Film and Sound Archive.

Wooden souvenirs made by Albert Namatjira early in his career are on show at the National Museum of Australia.

A wooden figurine carved in Australia represents an empire's adoration of British military hero Lord Kitchener.

The case of the West Coast Sea Monster uncovered in a thick file at the National Archives of Australia tells a tale of science versus science fiction.

Some of the seminal images of the 20th century go on show at the National Gallery in an exhibition of American photographer Diane Arbus.

The scribbles of a 16th-century Welsh schoolboy give researchers an intriguing insight into the history of a medieval book in the collection of the National Library of Australia.

A matchstick boat made by black South African prisoners on death row, an enduring symbol of the struggle against apartheid, goes on display in Canberra.

Part of an historic Furphy water cart finds a home where other kinds of furphies jostle with facts the parliamentary press gallery in Canberra.

Three sets of educational cards from the 1960s and 1970s used as teaching aids in remote communities are now helping to illustrate the story of Indigenous franchise.