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Unsettled learning journey: History focus
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning-journeys/unsettled-history/

Follow our learning journey to engage with the themes of Unsettled and critically examine our shared history through the objects, sources and evidence in the exhibition.

Published 27 May 2021

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Barka: The Forgotten River learning journey
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning-journeys/barka-learning-journey/

Follow this learning journey to deepen your knowledge and understanding of the Barka (Darling River).

Published 09 February 2023

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Learn how to play string games
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/classroom-activities/string-games/

Watch a series of short instructional videos to help you play and learn kamai, or string games.

Published 02 February 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Measuring time
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/classroom-activities/measuring-time/

Engage with this interactive string activity to help your students visualise the length of time First Nations peoples have been in Australia.

Published 27 May 2021

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How we are Unsettled: Unit of work
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/classroom-activities/unsettled-unit/

Access our smartboard-ready unit of work to engage in the themes, stories and artworks of Unsettled. The unit is delivered through a series of downloadable interactive lessons, with embedded activities, discussion prompts, videos and worksheets.

Published 28 September 2021

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Power through poetry
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/classroom-activities/power-through-poetry/

Use this activity book to deepen your engagement with this powerful exhibition as you look, listen, and reflect. Be inspired by the poems of First Nations artists that respond to the themes in Unsettled, then use the prompts and activities to create your own poems.

Published 05 July 2021

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Garrigarrang conversation starters
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/at-the-museum/cs-garrigarrang/

If you were out at sea, what objects would most help you? Use our Garrigarrang conversation starters for fun suggestions and prompts for how to engage with this exhibition.

Published 26 October 2021

First Nations Garrigarrang education resource
Bayala Nura conversation starters
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/at-the-museum/cs-bayala-nura/

What item of clothing makes you feel strong? Use our Bayala Nura conversation starters for fun suggestions and prompts for how to engage with this exhibition.

Published 26 October 2021

First Nations education Bayala Nura Education Resource
Boomerangs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/

Discover the diversity of boomerangs in the Museum's collection, and learn about these distinctive cultural objects.

Published 12 November 2018

First Nations boomerang
Ghost net art
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/ghost-net-art/

Fishing nets post a threat to marine life and birds. Learn how First Nation communities and artists are using ghost net sculptures as a way to tell traditional stories.

Published 02 November 2018

First Nations Aboriginal sustainability

Barka: The Forgotten River

Meet <i>Barka: The Forgotten River</i> in this new First Nations exhibition developed by Uncle Badger Bates and Justine Muller with the Barkandji community.

Special exhibition
Now on until 23 July 2023

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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea

Witness the beauty and diversity of cultural decoration and body adornment from Papua New Guinea in this special exhibition at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.

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School programs and excursions

Book school excursions at the Australian Museum, Sydney, that inspire and engage students of all ages.

Virtual excursions
Educator-led tours

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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.

Permanent education space
Open daily

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