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Myall Creek massacre letter, 1838
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/remembering-massacres/myall-creek-massacre-letter/

This letter written by Sydney resident J.H. Bannatyne, details the trial of 11 colonists accused of murdering 28 Wirrayaraay men, women and children in the 1838 Myall Creek massacre.

Published 09 August 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander colonial massacres
Breastplates
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/breastplates/

Learn how colonists used the European system of awarding breast plates and titles to control their diplomatic relationship with the Aboriginal peoples.

Published 13 August 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander war breastplates
Stolen Generations
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/surviving-genocide/stolen-generations/

Learn how the removal of Aboriginal children from their families under government policy has had irrevocable intergenerational impacts.

Published 23 August 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stolen Generations
Generations of resistance
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/continued-resistance/generations-of-resistance/

First Nations political movements have been fought across generations, with consistent calls for land rights, self-determination, and equality occurring for more than 90 years.

Published 03 September 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resistance
Unsettled exhibition references
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/references/

Throughout the exhibition, the curators have sourced historical records to reinforce the First Nations stories told. Review the reference materials supporting the Unsettled exhibition content here.

Published 19 April 2021

First Nations Exhibition
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
Ali Golding
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/ali-golding/

Ali Golding, a Biripi woman, grew up on an Aboriginal mission at Purfleet outside Taree and later lived on ‘The Block’ in Redfern for over 20 years.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait
Dr Bob Morgan
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/bob-morgan/

Dr Bob Morgan is a Gamilaroi man and a highly respected Aboriginal educator/researcher.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait
Richard Phillips (Dick Blair)
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/richard-phillips/

Richard was one of the first coordinators for Aboriginal Housing and helped establish ‘The Block’ based at Redfern, an important community for Aboriginal people to live and socialise in inner Sydney.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait
Esme Timbery
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/esme-timbery/

Born on Hill 60 in Port Kembla in 1931, Esme is an artist and Bidjigal woman. She has been collecting shells since the age of five at La Perouse where she lives.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait

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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Myall Creek massacre letter, 1838
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/remembering-massacres/myall-creek-massacre-letter/

Breastplates
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/breastplates/

Stolen Generations
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/surviving-genocide/stolen-generations/

Generations of resistance
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/continued-resistance/generations-of-resistance/

Unsettled exhibition references
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/references/

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

Ali Golding
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/ali-golding/

Dr Bob Morgan
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/bob-morgan/

Richard Phillips (Dick Blair)
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/richard-phillips/

Esme Timbery
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/esme-timbery/

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Burra

Wild Planet

Minerals

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