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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.

Published 22 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander necklace shell
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.

Published 25 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander possums skin Possums
Genocide in Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/genocide-in-australia/

The term genocide has been previously controversial when being applied to Australian History, so why use the term genocide? We need to use the term genocide so we do not minimise the legacy of the colonisation and how the effects contemporarily manifest themselves.

Published 26 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander genocide
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.

Published 25 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander statue
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.

Published 26 May 2020

First Nations Cook Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
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.

Published 26 May 2020

First Nations Cook Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Deaths in custody: What can museums do to effect change?
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/deaths-in-custody-what-can-museums-do/

Museums have the power to set the agenda.

Published 10 June 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander death
The Stolen Generation
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/stolen-generation/

The phrase Stolen Generation refers to the countless number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were forcibly removed from their families under government policy and direction.

Published 22 June 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stolen generation
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.

Published 16 October 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander megafauna
First Nations watercraft culture
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/watercraft-culture/

Dr Mariko Smith is a Yuin woman with Japanese heritage, First Nations Collections & Engagement Manager at the Australian Museum, and Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney.

Published 02 October 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander canoe

Sharks

Submerge yourself in Sydney's newest hands-on family exhibition now open.

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Now on until 31 January 2023

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals.

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s new learning and play space.

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