A new style of Australian passport has been released, incorporating iconic images with the latest security technology.

Launched today, the new travel document uses images by Australian artists of the country's unique landscape, flora and fauna, and lifestyle.

The uniquely Australian design work will make it very difficult to falsify.

Each page of the new passport is derived from Australian works of art such as the late Aboriginal artist Uta Uta Tjangala's iconic 1981 work Yumari, which is now held by the National Museum.

Museum curator Peter Thorley says it is fitting that the work will now be in the hands of millions of Australians as they use their passports around the world.

"It's really one of Australia's national treasures. It was very important, the artist felt, to paint about his country and about his dreaming, so that others could know," he said.

Also included is an electronic chip with personal details of the holder and a device that can detect attempts to fraudulently copy the information stored electronically in the passport.

The artwork and technology combined make this Australia's most visually impressive and secure passport to date.