The Battling for Buda

By WENING, Michael; after Ludwig Nicolaus von HALLART, 1684..

By WENING, Michael; after Ludwig Nicolaus von HALLART, 1684.

Catalogue XLV: Under the Southern Cross – The Michael & Wendy Brown Collection

The discovery and exploration of Australia has long been framed as both an act of chance and of growing curiosity, shaped by the vast seas of the southern hemisphere and guided by the faint patterns of the stars.

The 111 maps and books of the Michael and Wendy Brown Collection tell this story from the creatures of ancient European myth, via the monsters of colonialism, to the behemoth of globalisation and modern multi-cultural Sydney.

A reduced Ulimaroa

By REILLY, Franz Johann Joseph von, 1795..

By REILLY, Franz Johann Joseph von, 1795.

Horse Guards

By ROOKER, Edward after ROOKER, Michael Angelo, 1768..

By ROOKER, Edward after ROOKER, Michael Angelo, 1768.