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Joyce Ingram
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/joyce-ingram/

Joyce was an original resident of the first urban land grant from the Whitlam Government to the Aboriginal Housing Company, the land was later known as The Block in Redfern. The film My Home The Block featured Joyce’s struggles to help her community.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait
Millie Ingram
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/sydney-elders/millie-ingram/

Millie Ingram is a Wiradjuri woman born and raised on Erambie Mission, Central NSW. She has worked in Aboriginal affairs both at a community level and in government.

Published 28 April 2020

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders portrait
Hope
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unfinished-business/hope-campbell/

I get teased a lot. I would like to grow up and help other people, because I don’t want them to go through the same thing I have.

Published 06 August 2020

First Nations holograph unfinished business
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

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Come face-to-face with one of the most remarkable gold collections to ever tour the globe in the immersive exhibition, <i>Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru</i> and add-on VR experience.

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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
Opening Saturday 10 May

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Wild Planet

Welcome to life on Earth. Every one of Earth’s millions of species is unique, but they are all connected through evolution. Come and see life in all its glorious diversity – over 400 animals under one roof!

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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