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Surviving genocide
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/surviving-genocide/

Massacres, dispossession, dispersals, sterilisation of Aboriginal women, forced child removals and assimilation policies - all acts of genocide, have been committed against First Nations peoples.

Published 19 August 2021

unsettled aboriginal and torres strait islander histories and cultures First Nations Genocide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Case Study: Western Australian Museum 2005
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/community-engagement/case-study-western-australian-museum-2005/

Repatriation is rewarding for participants, but difficulties arise when returning diverse material and multiple institutions are involved.

Published 04 December 2012

First Nations community engagement repatriation
Case Study: Larrakia 1996 / 2002
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/community-engagement/case-study-larrakia-1996-2002/

The Museum's repatriation of artefacts to Larrakia, NT, in 1996 established a relationship that would be called upon again in 2002.

Published 04 December 2012

First Nations Northern Territory repatriation
Pandanus toy propellers from Arnhem Land, 1948
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/indigenous-pandanus-toy-propellers-from-arnhem-land-1948/

Pandanus propellers such as these were used as toys by Aboriginal children from Yirrkala in Arnhem Land.

Published 29 June 2015

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander toys
The Boomerang is Curved to Fly
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/the-boomerang-is-curved-to-fly/

The technological secret of the boomerang is not its curve.

Published 04 February 2011

First Nations boomerang
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language Resources in Archives and Library Collections
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/research-library/guides/first-nations-languages-guide/

Discover Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language resources in the Australian Museum Archives and Research Library.

Published 10 February 2020

archives Aboriginal Cultural collections Indigenous languages First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research library
The Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (A.A.P.A.)
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/aapa/

The first united all Aboriginal political organisation to form in Australia was the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (A.A.P.A.).

Published 15 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander politics
Brewarrina Boy
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/brewarrina-boy/

For many Indigenous artists, to take up photography as an art form was often a conscious move to counter this history of the medium.

Published 27 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander photography

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, <i>Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru</i> and add-on VR experience.

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Future Now

Step into <i>Future Now</i>, 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.

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10am - 4.30pm

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Minerals

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

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