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Zugubal: story in print by Alick Tipoti, Torres Strait, E93625
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/zugubal-story-in-print-by-alick-tipoti-torres-strait-e93625/Zugubal travel in the canoe, navigating by the stars of their ancestors, and the sky is full of meanings and signs. Spirits of the ancestors are looking down on travellers, and constellations transform from one stage to another.
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The returning Boomerang: how it flies
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/the-returning-boomerang-how-it-flies/Observing returning boomerangs in flight is to enjoy a fascinating phenomenon of physics.
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Cuddie Springs site
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/australian-archaeology/cuddie-springs-site-dreamtime-story/How water and prehistoric animal bones came together at the spring.
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See the vampire flying frog...
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/frogs/see-the-vampire-flying-frog/Sucked in by Twilight and True Blood? Here’s a new breed of vampire to add to the list!
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Larval fish life
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/larval-fish-life/In his recent paper, Jeff Leis provides more information about the life of larval fishes.
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Bequest Ambassador: Yoga teacher Lynne Cairncross
https://australian.museum/get-involved/join/foundation/long-term-member-now-bequest-ambassador/Yoga teacher and Museum Member Lynne Cairncross admits to having a lifetime of fun at the Museum.
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Footbinding
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/footbinding/Chinese folklore attributes the origins of footbinding to a fox who tried to conceal its paws while assuming the human guise of the Shang Empress. Another version suggests that the Empress had a club foot and insisted that all women bind their feet so that hers became the model for beauty.
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The Meaning of Ta Tau - Samoan Tattoing
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/the-meaning-of-ta-tau-samoan-tattoing/The word tatau (tattoo) in Samoan means appropriate, balanced and fitting.
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The Meaning of Ta Moko - Maori Tattooing
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/the-meaning-of-ta-moko-maori-tattooing/Ta Moko was like a history of a person's achievements and represented their status in their tribe.
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Tattooing - Earliest examples
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/tattooing-earliest-examples/Tattooed markings on skin and incised markings in clay provide some of the earliest evidence that humans have long practised a wide range of body art.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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