You, your family and friends are invited to the opening of  Animalia Australis – An Art Gallery of Ballarat touring exhibition, with opening remarks by Louise Tegart, Director, Art Gallery of Ballarat

This exhibition, selected from the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s extensive collection, celebrates the first encounters between white explorers, scientists and settlers with the animals of the Southern Continent and highlights the prevailing perceptions and depictions of native fauna of the period.