2012

Things: photographing the constructed world, National Library of Australia (24 November 2012 – 17 February 2013)

2008

A Modern Vision: Charles Bayliss, Photographer, 1850 – 1897, National Library of Australia (11 July-26 October 2008)

2007

Reveries: photography & mortality, National Portrait Gallery (27 April – 5 August 2007), touring to University Art Museum, the University of Queensland, 31 August – 14 October 2007 and Mornington Peninsula Gallery, 19 March – 18 May 2008

2005

Margaret Michaelis, Love, loss and photography, National Gallery of Australia (7 May-14 August 2005)

2004

In a New Light, Australian Photography 1930s-2000, National Library of Australia (December-March 2005)

2002

In a New Light, Australian Photography 1850s-1930s, National Library of Australia (9 October 2002 – January 2003)

2000

Mirror with a memory: Photographic portraiture in Australia, National Portrait Gallery (4 March-11 June 2000)

Olive Cotton, Art Gallery of New South Wales (12 May 2000), touring to National Library of Australia (July 2000)

1996

The Reflecting Eye, National Portrait Gallery and national tour 1996-98.

1995

Sue Ford: A Survey 1960 – 1995, Monash University Gallery, (9 September – October 1995).

1994

Pictograms: Aspects of Contemporary Australian Photographic Practice, Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency exhibition touring nationally 1994-95.

With Isobel Crombie, Co-curator of Astonish me! Photography 1998 1840s – 1990s, National Gallery of Victoria [project not concluded].

1991

Max Dupain Photographs, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 8 mezzanine (16 November 1991 – 27 January 1992).

The Life and Work of Wolfgang Sievers, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Wollongong City Gallery, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Broken Hill City Art Gallery.

1990

Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (30 June – 11 August 1990).

With Penny Taylor and Wally Caruana, After 200 Years: Photographs of Aboriginal and Islander Australia Today, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (18 August – November 1990).

Living in the 70s: Photographs by Carol Jerrems, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart: Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney; Albury Regional Art Centre; Exhibitions Gallery, Melbourne.

1989

Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Australia, Galleries 11 and 11a (25 February – 4 June 1989).

Portrait Photography, National Gallery of Australia, Galleries 11 and 11a (opens 19 September 1989).

1988

Australian Photography: The 1980s, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 7 (20 February – 22 May 1988), touring to the National Gallery of Victoria; Centre for the Arts Gallery, Hobart; Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane; New England Regional Gallery; Art Gallery of New South Wales; Art Gallery of Western Australia; the College Gallery, Adelaide (9 December 1988 – 26 November 1989).

Facing Facts: Documentary Photographs, National Gallery of Australia, Galleries 11 and 11a (6 August – 2 October 1988).

Utopian Visions: Photographs by Margaret Michaelis and Wolfgang Sievers, National Gallery of Australia, Galleries 11 and 11a (26 November 1988 – 19 February 1989).

1987

The New Vision: A Revolution in Photography 1920-1940, National Gallery of Australia, Galleries 11 and 11a (7 February – 7 June 1987).

Margaret Michaelis, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne (19 July – 23 August 1987).

1986

Big Pictures: Australian Photography 1975-1985, University Drill Hall Gallery (14 March – 18 May 1986).

The Glamour Show: Studio Photographs 1925-1955, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (10 May – 14 September 1986), toured to the Australian Centre for Photography and Monash University Gallery (27 April – 10 July 1987).

Ansel Adams and American Landscape Photography, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (20 September 1986 – 7 February 1987).

1985

The Dark Side: American Photographs 1930s-1970s, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (9 February – 2 June 1985).

Recent Australian Photography: from the KODAK Fund, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (5 October 1985 – 9 February 1986).

1984

Contributor to Here comes the New Photography! 1920-1940, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (4 February – 13 May 1984).

With Isobel Crombie, The Documentary Conscience: Lewis Hine to the Farm Security Administration, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (25 August – 21 October 1984).

1983

With Isobel Crombie, Human Interest: French Photography from Lartigue to Cartier-Bresson, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (1983).

With Ian North, The New American Colour Photography, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (1983).

Contributor to A Decade of Australian Photography 1972-1982: Philip Morris Arts Grant at the Australian National Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 11 (8 October 1983 – 29 January 1984).

1982

With Martyn Jolly, Australian Photography: Pictorialism to Photojournalism, National Gallery of Australia, Gallery 4A (30 April – 17 July 1982).