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The Statesman
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-the-statesman/

My whole life has been reacting to needs. That was what it was all about: helping other people and creating change.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business
Stolen
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-stolen/

They said they had this place up at Hay, in NSW, it was a Japanese World War II prison, and they turned it into an institution for young girls.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business
The Wild Man
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-the-wild-man/

My name is Josh Lennox and I love to paint and I like doing Aboriginal painting. Painting makes me feel happy.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business
The Visionary
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-visionary-man/

I was diagnosed by Fred Hollows and he told me that I had a form of macular degeneration, which meant that my eyesight would gradually be lost.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business
Whose history: the role of statues and monuments in Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/statues/

The removal of statues of racists, such as Cecil Rhodes or statues that celebrate racist history in the United States, England and Africa has created discussions in Australia around what should be done its statues and monuments of invaders and colonists.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander statue
Dismantling the Australian pygmy people myth
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/debunking-australian-pygmy-people-myth/

You may have heard this myth before that there was a race of pygmy people who had been on the land that is now called Australia, who were here for several millennia before Aboriginal people, only to have their land stolen and be completely wiped out by Aboriginal people.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian archaeology
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.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander IndigenousX
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

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.

Opening 9 June 2023, 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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