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Aunty Barb McGrady photographs
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/aunty-barb-mcgrady-photos/

A proud Gomeroi/Gamilaraay Murri yinah (woman), Aunty Barbara has documented important social, political, and cultural events over thirty years.

Published 08 May 2020

First Nations photography Social Justice
Dark Days: A photo essay by Brendan Beirne
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/dark-days-brendan-beirne/

Photographs by Brendan Beirne capture the scenes of horrific atrocities committed by white settlers against Indigenous people in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Published 11 May 2020

First Nations photography colonisation infrared
Brewarrina Boy
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/brewarrina-boy/

For many Indigenous artists, to take up photography as an art form was often a conscious move to counter this history of the medium.

Published 27 May 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander photography
Honorary Pom
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-honorary-pom/

They could tell you how many sheep there were in Australia, they could tell you how many cattle. Yet they couldn’t tell you how many Aboriginals there were, because we weren’t allowed to vote.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography
Freshwater Saltwater
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-freshawater-saltwater/

Kay Sadler was unaware that she was Aboriginal until her early twenties, making her emotional journey to connect to culture as painful as her physical pain from Marfans Syndrome.

Published 06 August 2020

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

In the 1950s there was British Government and the Australian Government made an agreement to have bomb testing in Australia. Not far from here. I was only a little kid.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business
Sound of Silence
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-sound-of-silence/

I didn’t want to accept the fact that I was deaf, ’cause I wanted to be a hearing person so I could fit in with their world.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business
The Activist
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-the-activist/

I am the mother of a 2-year-old boy with achondroplasia, which is the most common form of dwarfism.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business
The Carer
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-the-carer/

My name is Tyrone. My mum, well now I call her mum, she used to be my aunty but now she is my mum.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business
The MJD
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/unfinished-business-the-mjd/

There is a sickness in our family – it is called Machado Joseph Disease (MJD). It is a bad sickness that makes our bodies stop working properly and we pass it on to our children.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph photography unfinished business

Tails from the Coasts

Presented with the National Museum of Singapore, this culturally significant collection of watercolours brings to life extraordinary species and captivating stories.

Special exhibition
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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent kids learning space
10am - 4.30pm

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RELICS

Vintage objects meet miniature LEGO® worlds in RELICS: A New World Rises, an extraordinary exhibition created by LEGO® Masters winners. Opening 16 August at the Australian Museum.

Special Exhibition
Opens 16 August 2025

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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