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James Cook – man, mariner, myth or monster
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/james-cook/

2020 marks the two-hundred-and-fifty-year anniversary of James Cook’s epic voyage along the east coast of Australia in 1770. The Australian nation will be torn between Anglo celebrations and Aboriginal mourning over James Cook’s so-called discovery of Australia.

The First Lie - the ongoing tragic legacy of Cook’s lie
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/the-first-lie/

The artwork I have chosen to respond to is Brenda L Croft’s gelatin silver photograph, Michael Watson in Redfern on the Long March of Freedom, Justice and Hope, Invasion Day, 26 January 1988.

Debunking the myth that Aboriginal stories are just myths: the Yamuti and the megafauna Diprotodon
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/yamuti/

As a young Adnyamathanha kid, I was told the story about the Yamuti. The Yamuti was a very large and scary animal that specifically looked to steal little kids.

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.

Black Cockatoo Shield
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/black-cockatoo-shield/

Shield by Uncle Noel Wellington, 2020.

waagura (Crow) Dancer outfit
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/waagura-crow/

Dancer outfit worn by Yuin woman Ashweeni Mason as waagura (Crow) in Living Legacies by Amanda Jane Reynolds.

marayung wumara-warra (Sky Emu Travels) cloak
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/sky-emu-travels/

Amanda Jane Reynolds, 2019. On loan for the exhibition.

Contested Possession
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/contested-possession/

Contested Possession presents the various and at times conflicting accounts regarding the event of Cook and Tuined (Possession Island).

Plans for a colony
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/plans-for-a-colony/

Delve into historical records and learn how the decision was made to establish a colony in Australia.

Manly mogo
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/unsettled-introduction/manly-mogo/

This mogo (stone axe) is one of only two complete pre-European hafted (handled) axes from the Sydney region known to have survived.