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What is cultural burning?
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/first-nations-learning-resources/cultural-burning/Learn about the cultural burning program managed by the Bega Local Aboriginal Land Council and the benefits of cultural burning for Country.
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Leilira blades from Arnhem Land
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/leilira-blades-from-arnhem-land/These are five long stone blades with sharp edges, known by archaeologists as Leilira blades.
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Survival and revival of the string figures of Yirrkala
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/survival-and-revival-of-the-string-figures-of-yirrkala/String figures, or Matjka-wuma, are patterns or designs made on the hands with a loop of string.
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Growing Old in Eora Country
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/growing-old-in-eora-country/An essay to coincide with the Sydney Elders exhibition, written by Aboriginal Curator Djon Mundine.
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Sol Bellear AO
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/sol-bellear/Sol was awarded the Order of Australia (AO) in 1999 for services to the Aboriginal community, particularly in relation to the administration and development of health policies.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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