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Stolen Generations — 21st anniversary of launch of Inquiry, 17 years since report
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/stolen-generations/It has been 21 years since the launch of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Incredibly, the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families continues to this day.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Emily Caroline Creaghe’s diary, 1883
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/remembering-massacres/emily-caroline-creaghe-diary/The diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe vividly describes stories of colonisers committing atrocities against the Waanyi People of the Gulf region in north-west Queensland.
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Myall Creek massacre letter, 1838
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/remembering-massacres/myall-creek-massacre-letter/This letter written by Sydney resident J.H. Bannatyne, details the trial of 11 colonists accused of murdering 28 Wirrayaraay men, women and children in the 1838 Myall Creek massacre.
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Breastplates
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/fighting-wars/breastplates/Learn how colonists used the European system of awarding breast plates and titles to control their diplomatic relationship with the Aboriginal peoples.
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Stolen Generations
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/surviving-genocide/stolen-generations/Learn how the removal of Aboriginal children from their families under government policy has had irrevocable intergenerational impacts.
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Generations of resistance
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/continued-resistance/generations-of-resistance/First Nations political movements have been fought across generations, with consistent calls for land rights, self-determination, and equality occurring for more than 90 years.
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Australian Archaeology
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/australian-archaeology/The Australian Museum holds a large number of cultural material and objects obtained from archaeological sites in New South Wales, as well as items from various regions throughout Australia.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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