National Gallery of Victoria Collection Founded in 1861, the National Gallery of Victoria is Australia's oldest public art gallery. At Elizabeth Bay 1894 as Collection Fishing boats, Hawkesbury River, Sydney 1888 as Collection International Exhibition Sydney, gate plaque 1879 as Collection Mosman Bay 1907 as Collection The Bridge in Curve 1930 as Collection The afterglow, Foulweather Reach, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales 1884 as Collection The purple noon's transparent might 1896 as Collection