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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
The Australian Museum's Burra learning space
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/

Discover more about the journey of the burra (eel) from the Pacific Ocean down the East Australian Current to Sydney Harbour, as told in Burra learning and play space.

Published 28 June 2022

First Nations Exhibition
Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2022
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/schools-reconciliation-challenge/

"What stories will you dream?"is the theme for the 2023 Schools Reconciliation Challenge, an annual writing and art program for young people across NSW and the ACT, conducted by Reconciliation NSW.

Published 27 October 2022

First Nations education reconciliation schools
Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2023 : Art Collaboration finalists
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/schools-reconciliation-challenge-2023/art-collaboration-finalists/

Art Collaboration finalists from the 2023 Schools Reconciliation Challenge, share their artworks and stories inspired by the theme 'What stories will you dream?'.

Published 30 October 2023

First Nations education reconciliation schools
First Nations learning resources
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/first-nations-learning-resources/

Access a suite of worksheets, videos and activities focused on our First Nations exhibitions and collections.

Published 02 May 2024

learning resource First Nations education resource education teachers
Cultural Collection Enhancement Project
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/cultural-collection-enhancement-project/

Cultural Collection Enhancement is a First Nations led digitisation program of collection management works built on cultural engagement and best practice principles.

Published 20 March 2025

First Nations collection conservation digitisation
Weet weets
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/weet-weets-general-/

Weet weets were designed to be thrown over long distances, and when thrown, would make hopping movements across the ground.

Published 07 August 2015

First Nations toys toy
Spinning top from Cape York, pre-1900
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/indigenous-spinning-top-from-cape-york-pre-1900/

Aboriginal toys in the collection include theses spinning top from northern Queensland.

Published 02 October 2012

First Nations toy
Leilira blades from Arnhem Land
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/leilira-blades-from-arnhem-land/

These are five long stone blades with sharp edges, known by archaeologists as Leilira blades.

Published 02 October 2012

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

RELICS

Vintage objects meet miniature LEGO^® brick worlds in RELICS: A New World Rises, an extraordinary exhibition created by LEGO^® Masters winners.

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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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Wansolmoana

Experience the diverse and dynamic cultures of Pasifika peoples through stories and objects from across the region.

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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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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