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Art as resistance
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/continued-resistance/art-as-resistance/

Through art, First Nations peoples are able to empower and elevate their voices and bring attention to issues of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural strength.

Published 03 September 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resistance art
Cultural resilience and resistance
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/continued-resistance/cultural-resilience-and-resistance/

Sustaining culture through the waves of disease, violence, family removals, and discriminative government policies epitomises First Nations resilience and ingenuity.

Published 03 September 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resilience cultural resistance
Terra nullius
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/terra-nullius/

Terra nullius is today used as a catch-all phrase to explain how Australia was founded; to justify and legitimise the dispossession, dispersal, and inhumane treatment of First Nations peoples.

Published 09 September 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander terra nullius
The “pygmy” myth debunked
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/debunking-australian-pygmy-people-myth/

The “pygmy” myth is often used to dismiss the rightful place of Aboriginal peoples as the First Peoples of Australia. In this article, we challenge the myth and the assumptions behind it.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian archaeology
Christine Donnelly
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/christine-donnelly/

Christine is the founder of the Aboriginal Dance Theatre in Redfern, which opened in 1979 and she is currently the CEO.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait
Dulcie Flower AM
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/dulcie-flower/

Dulcie Flower is a Miri woman of the Meriam Nation from the Torres Strait Islands who was born in Cairns.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait
Eric Robinson
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/eric-robinson/

Eric is a valued member of the Babana Aboriginal Men’s Group in Redfern where he is regarded as the honorary Elder.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait
Mick Mundine
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/mick-mundine/

Mick has lived and worked in the Redfern community for decades where he has established programs to help the local community and drive self-determination and Aboriginal social justice.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait
Ngarrindjeri woman
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-ngarrindjeri-woman/

Our Indigenous people of Australia are 3 per cent of the total Australian population. But of that 3 per cent the last statistics reveal that at least 50 per cent is affected by some form of disability.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business
Mother
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-mother/

I’ve got my daughter, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy since birth and my boy, who is 13 years old.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business

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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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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Wild Planet

Welcome to life on Earth. Every one of Earth’s millions of species is unique, but they are all connected through evolution. Come and see life in all its glorious diversity – over 400 animals under one roof!

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Minerals

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

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Art as resistance
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/continued-resistance/art-as-resistance/

Cultural resilience and resistance
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/continued-resistance/cultural-resilience-and-resistance/

Terra nullius
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/terra-nullius/

The “pygmy” myth debunked
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/debunking-australian-pygmy-people-myth/

Christine Donnelly
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/christine-donnelly/

Dulcie Flower AM
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/dulcie-flower/

Eric Robinson
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Mick Mundine
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Ngarrindjeri woman
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Mother
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