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Nauruan fish hook
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/fish-hooks/nauru/Nauru is a coral limestone island surrounded by a coral reef and fishing is essential to daily life. Nauruans practiced the farming of ibiya (milkfish) long before European contact.
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Caroline Islands fish hooks
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/fish-hooks/caroline-islands/The Caroline Islands are an archipelago of small islands scattered across the western Pacific Ocean. Across these islands, many different forms of traditional fishing knowledge is shared.
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Wansolmoana
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/wansolmoana/Experience the diverse and dynamic cultures of Pasifika peoples through stories and objects from across the region.
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New Pasifika Gallery community survey
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/pacific-gallery-survey/Share with us your ideas for our new Pasifika Gallery space at the Australian Museum.
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Waitangi Day and the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/maori/waitangi-day-and-the-australian-museum/To celebrate this significant day, the AM is proud to share some of its 1000 Maori ethnographic objects
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Pacific Collection
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/The Kingdom of Tonga is a monarchy located in the South Pacific, and the Australian Museum is the caretaker of 582 Tongan cultural objects known as Koloa Faka-Tonga, which hold traditional and ceremonial significance, and are ranked according to their value and function in Tongan society.
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Australia Day and the war canoe
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/australia-day-and-the-war-canoe/The first national Australia Day was held 100 years ago and involved, among other things, a war canoe from the Solomon Islands.
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Tahitian Taumi - Warrior’s Breastplates
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/tahitian-taumi-warriors-breastplates/Gorgets collected by Captain James Cook during his three voyages to the Pacific Islands.
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Nau mai Haere mai ki te maumahara koutou te ra o Waitangi
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/waitangi-day-2022/This Waitangi Day, the Australian Museum celebrates Maori culture and artistry by looking at some of the Aotearoan objects on display.
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Melanesian collections
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/melanesian/The Melanesian cultural area is the nearest neighbour of Australian and the museum holds a significant collection of cultural material from Melanesian nations.
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