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My Museum – Laura McBride
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/my-museum-laura-mcbride/

'My Museum' is an ongoing column in Explore magazine that gives Australian Museum staff members the opportunity to introduce themselves, their work and their worlds. This edition gives the reins to Laura McBride, curator of Unsettled and newly appointed Director, First Nations

Pandanus toy propellers from Arnhem Land, 1948
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/indigenous-pandanus-toy-propellers-from-arnhem-land-1948/

Pandanus propellers such as these were used as toys by Aboriginal children from Yirrkala in Arnhem Land.

Shellfish hooks
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/shellfish-hooks/

Sequence of shellfish hooks manufacture for fishing.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flags
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/indigenous-australia-flags/

The Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag were designed to represent these groups of Indigenous Australians.

The returning Boomerang: how it flies
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/the-returning-boomerang-how-it-flies/

Observing returning boomerangs in flight is to enjoy a fascinating phenomenon of physics.

The Boomerangs Return: Reinvigorating Wonnarua culture
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/the-boomerangs-return/

A collection of Aboriginal artefacts dating to the nineteenth century is a recent addition to the Museum's 'virtual' collections.

The Boomerang is Curved to Fly
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/the-boomerang-is-curved-to-fly/

The technological secret of the boomerang is not its curve.

Why a Boomerang flies
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/why-a-boomerang-flies/

The vital boomerang attributes: convex top surface, distinctive curve, thin body and wide surface area are essential to the boomerang's aerodynamic properties.

Woppaburra people of the Keppel Islands
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/woppaburra-people-of-the-keppel-islands/

Woppaburra are from a wider Whale Dreaming Indigenous Community around coastal Australia. This is a showcase our ancestor’s cultural objects and their history, as an invaluable cultural educational and teaching/learning tool for all Australians.

Case Study: Western Australian Museum 2005
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/community-engagement/case-study-western-australian-museum-2005/

Repatriation is rewarding for participants, but difficulties arise when returning diverse material and multiple institutions are involved.