Community engagement

The Australian Museum is committed to continued engagement with First Nation communities.

Repatriation is rewarding for participants, but difficulties arise when returning diverse material and multiple institutions are involved.

Ancestral and sacred material from La Perouse was of scientific interest, but the wishes of First Nations people take precedence.

The Museum's repatriation of artefacts to Larrakia, NT, in 1996 established a relationship that would be called upon again in 2002.