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Pandanus toy propellers from Arnhem Land, 1948
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/indigenous-pandanus-toy-propellers-from-arnhem-land-1948/

Pandanus propellers such as these were used as toys by Aboriginal children from Yirrkala in Arnhem Land.

Published 29 June 2015

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander toys
Fishing Bats
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/fishing-bats/

Even though all Bangu (Bats) are amazing animals, the Large-footed Myotis is an especially interesting microbat that can fish.

Published 16 June 2022

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bats Burra
Shell adornments
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/shell-adornments/

First Nations adornments informs others who we are, where we are from, and what our relationships with Country are.

Published 16 June 2022

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Mangrove Boomerangs
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/mangrove-boomerangs/

Discover how Mangroves and Boomerangs teach us about breathing, giving and receiving.

Published 16 June 2022

Burra shell Climate Change First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Resources in Archives and Library Collections
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/research-library/guides/first-nations-languages-guide/

Discover Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language resources in the Australian Museum Archives and Research Library.

Published 10 February 2020

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The Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (A.A.P.A.)
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/aapa/

The first united all Aboriginal political organisation to form in Australia was the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (A.A.P.A.).

Published 15 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander politics
Brewarrina Boy
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/brewarrina-boy/

For many Indigenous artists, to take up photography as an art form was often a conscious move to counter this history of the medium.

Published 27 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander photography
The Australian Museum’s Statement of Reflection
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/The-Australian-Museums-statement-of-reflection/

Cultural institutions have a responsibility to critically reflect on history and how it influences the present.

Published 07 May 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Black Cockatoo Shield
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/black-cockatoo-shield/

Shield by Uncle Noel Wellington, 2020.

Published 10 July 2021

First Nations shield Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
waagura (Crow) Dancer outfit
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/waagura-crow/

Dancer outfit worn by Yuin woman Ashweeni Mason as waagura (Crow) in Living Legacies by Amanda Jane Reynolds.

Published 10 July 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Come face-to-face with one of the most remarkable gold collections to ever tour the globe in the immersive exhibition, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru and add-on VR experience.

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Future Now

Step into Future Now, an Australian Museum exhibition about sustainability and be inspired by practical and innovative ways to build a more sustainable future.

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

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10am - 4.30pm

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

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Relics

Discover LEGO^® worlds thriving within treasured objects from the past at RELICS. In a LEGO^® exhibition unlike any other, adults and children alike will be mesmerised by these magical, minifigure civilisations.

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Opens August 2025

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Pandanus toy propellers from Arnhem Land, 1948
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/indigenous-pandanus-toy-propellers-from-arnhem-land-1948/

Fishing Bats
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/fishing-bats/

Shell adornments
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/shell-adornments/

Mangrove Boomerangs
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/mangrove-boomerangs/

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Resources in Archives and Library Collections
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/research-library/guides/first-nations-languages-guide/

The Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (A.A.P.A.)
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/aapa/

Brewarrina Boy
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/brewarrina-boy/

The Australian Museum’s Statement of Reflection
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/The-Australian-Museums-statement-of-reflection/

Black Cockatoo Shield
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/black-cockatoo-shield/

waagura (Crow) Dancer outfit
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/waagura-crow/

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Future Now

Burra

Minerals

Relics

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