What sort of country do you want to belong to? What ties us together as Australians? What tears us apart? Since Federation in 1901, people have felt that they belonged or did not belong in Australia for many different reasons. Belonging explores some of the ways people experienced 'belonging' in Australia in the twentieth century.

Whilst in Canberra between 22 August and 11 November 2001 the exhibition was hosted at two venues, the National Archives of Australia and the National Library of Australia.

The exhibition has been developed in collaboration by the National Archives of Australia, the National Library of Australia, the State Library of Victoria and the New South Wales State Library. The exhibition can also be viewed on the website developed to accompany the exhibition at http://www.belonging.org/