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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
Theses and Museum Catalogues
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/research-library/guides/theses-catalogues/

Discover theses and museum catalogues containing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural material in the Australian Museum Research Library.

Published 10 April 2019

Aboriginal Cultural collections Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research catalogues theses library
Unsettled: Uncovering our nation's hidden history
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled-uncovering-our-nations-hidden-history/

An exploration of one of the Australian Museum’s most significant shows in its almost 200-year history.

Published 18 May 2021

First Nations exhibition Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Who is Country?
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/who-is-country/

So often we are asked “what is Country?”, but for First Nations people the real question has always been “who is Country?”

Published 07 June 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

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.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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Minerals

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

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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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.

Special Exhibition
Opens August 2025

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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
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/eric-robinson/

Mick Mundine
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/mick-mundine/

Theses and Museum Catalogues
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/research-library/guides/theses-catalogues/

Unsettled: Uncovering our nation's hidden history
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled-uncovering-our-nations-hidden-history/

Who is Country?
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/who-is-country/

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Future Now

Burra

Minerals

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