The Collection

Browse the remarkable stories behind our National Trust collection.

Georgiana McCrae’s Sewing Box

In June 2015, a beautiful sewing box once owned by Georgiana McCrae of McCrae Homestead, was generously donated to the National Trust by Georgiana’s great,

Charles Joseph La Trobe’s water colours and sketches

A man of a thousand occupations! Botanist, geologist, hunter of beetles and butterflies, musical composer, sketcher of no mean pretensions; in short a complete

Fashion & Dress Collection

The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) holds one of the most significant fashion and dress collections in Australia. This remarkable collection brings

Author Joan Lindsay and Picnic at Hanging Rock

Joan Lindsay. The National Trust's custodianship of her home Mullbery Hill, contains many objects related to the writing, publishing and filming of the famous

Georgiana McCrae – Artist

Watercolours & sletches of Melbourne 1841-1845, Portraits, watercolours and sketches of Scotland.

Mooramong and Claire Adams Mackinnon

Claire Adams was a star during Hollywood's silent screen era. She left that world behind her when she married Donald 'Scobie' Mackinnon and came to live in

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