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Kooriculum: Beyond Terra Nullius
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/kooriculum-beyond-terra-nullius/

Aboriginal Stories of Country welcome all visitors, ask people to listen and learn from them, to respect their country and in particular respect their sacred sites.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander IndigenousX
Indigenous science goes far beyond boomerangs and spears
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/indigenous-science/

Indigenous science was critical for Indigenous people in solving any number of problems they faced and to capitalise on beneficial and sustainable opportunities presented by their environments and circumstances.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander IndigenousX
Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklaces: A significant cultural practice
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/tasmanian-aboriginal-shell-necklaces/

Shell necklace-making is a tradition that has continued uninterrupted by European colonisation.

Published 22 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander necklace shell
Possum skin cloaks then and now – same same but different
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/possum-skin-cloaks-then-and-now/

Revitalisation of Possum Cloak knowledges and practices as a living legacy in community, is a notable historically significant cultural regeneration phenomenon of our times.

Published 25 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander possums skin Possums
Tear It Down
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/tear-it-down/

How do we deal with false, constructed histories? 2020 is being used to commemorate the “discovery” of Australia by Lieutenant (best known as Captain) James Cook. Aboriginal people engage with what this means for our history.

Published 25 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander statue
Deaths in custody: What can museums do to effect change?
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/deaths-in-custody-what-can-museums-do/

Museums have the power to set the agenda.

Published 10 June 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander death
First Nations watercraft culture
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/watercraft-culture/

Dr Mariko Smith is a Yuin woman with Japanese heritage, First Nations Collections & Engagement Manager at the Australian Museum, and Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney.

Published 02 October 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander canoe
Dark Days photographic series of massacre sites 2018-2020
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/remembering-massacres/wailwan-grindstone/

Explore Brendan Beirne’s landscapes that illustrate the unquiet places where Aboriginal people have been slaughtered.

Published 09 August 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander massacre sites
Map of colonial frontier massacres in Australia 1788-1930
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/remembering-massacres/map-of-colonial-frontier-massacres/

This map shows documented massacres of the First Nations peoples across Australia, from the early years of the colony to within several decades of living memory.

Published 09 August 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander colonial massacres
The Approach to the Warrego Country map, c. 1845
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/warrego-country-map/

Discover how parts of New South Wales and Queensland were mapped out for potential land use and to identified as threats from the 'hostile Aborigines'.

Published 13 August 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Warrego country

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.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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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!

Permanent exhibition
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Minerals

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

Permanent exhibition
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Kooriculum: Beyond Terra Nullius
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/kooriculum-beyond-terra-nullius/

Indigenous science goes far beyond boomerangs and spears
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/indigenous-science/

Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklaces: A significant cultural practice
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/tasmanian-aboriginal-shell-necklaces/

Possum skin cloaks then and now – same same but different
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/possum-skin-cloaks-then-and-now/

Tear It Down
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/tear-it-down/

Deaths in custody: What can museums do to effect change?
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/deaths-in-custody-what-can-museums-do/

First Nations watercraft culture
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/watercraft-culture/

Dark Days photographic series of massacre sites 2018-2020
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/remembering-massacres/wailwan-grindstone/

Map of colonial frontier massacres in Australia 1788-1930
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/remembering-massacres/map-of-colonial-frontier-massacres/

The Approach to the Warrego Country map, c. 1845
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/warrego-country-map/

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Burra

Wild Planet

Minerals

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