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Debunking the myth that Aboriginal stories are just myths: the Yamuti and the megafauna Diprotodon
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/yamuti/As a young Adnyamathanha kid, I was told the story about the Yamuti. The Yamuti was a very large and scary animal that specifically looked to steal little kids.
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Unsettled exhibition references
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/references/Throughout the exhibition, the curators have sourced historical records to reinforce the First Nations stories told. Review the reference materials supporting the Unsettled exhibition content here.
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The Australian Museum’s Statement of Reflection
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/The-Australian-Museums-statement-of-reflection/Cultural institutions have a responsibility to critically reflect on history and how it influences the present.
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Learning from Aunty Fay Moseley about the Stolen Generations
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/aunty-fay-moseley-stolen-generations/Learn directly from the experiences of Stolen Generations survivors, such as Wiradjuri woman Aunty Fay Moseley who was taken to Cootamundra as a young girl.
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Black Cockatoo Shield
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/black-cockatoo-shield/Shield by Uncle Noel Wellington, 2020.
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waagura (Crow) Dancer outfit
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/waagura-crow/Dancer outfit worn by Yuin woman Ashweeni Mason as waagura (Crow) in Living Legacies by Amanda Jane Reynolds.
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marayung wumara-warra (Sky Emu Travels) cloak
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/sky-emu-travels/Amanda Jane Reynolds, 2019. On loan for the exhibition.
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Contested Possession
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/contested-possession/Contested Possession presents the various and at times conflicting accounts regarding the event of Cook and Tuined (Possession Island).
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Plans for a colony
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/plans-for-a-colony/Delve into historical records and learn how the decision was made to establish a colony in Australia.
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Manly mogo
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/unsettled-introduction/manly-mogo/This mogo (stone axe) is one of only two complete pre-European hafted (handled) axes from the Sydney region known to have survived.
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Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru
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Future Now
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Burra
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Minerals
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