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Kooriculum: Beyond Terra Nullius
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/kooriculum-beyond-terra-nullius/

Aboriginal Stories of Country welcome all visitors, ask people to listen and learn from them, to respect their country and in particular respect their sacred sites.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander IndigenousX
Indigenous science goes far beyond boomerangs and spears
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/indigenous-science/

Indigenous science was critical for Indigenous people in solving any number of problems they faced and to capitalise on beneficial and sustainable opportunities presented by their environments and circumstances.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander IndigenousX
Sorry
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sorry/

The painting titled Sorry was created in 2006, six years after Nyree participated in the Reconciliation Bridge Walk on 28th May 2000. Sorry means that you don’t do it again.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
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

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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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs

Exclusive to the Australian Museum in Sydney: more than 3,000 years in the making, discover over 180 ancient Egyptian treasures.

Special exhibition opens 18 November 2023

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School programs and excursions

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

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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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