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Blood Money
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/continued-resistance/sovereignty/

The Blood Money series by Dr Ryan Presley prompts us to critically consider who we commemorate on Australian currency and in the national public memory.

Published 03 September 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander blood money
bugia naway gabun buridja (Learn Today from Yesterday for a Better Tomorrow)
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/learn-today/

Carved spotted gum from bushfire- ravaged Country by Uncle Noel Butler, 2021.

Published 12 July 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sculpture
jumalung (Platypus) Coolamon
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/jumalung-coolamon/

Gifted by 74 men as a representation of Yuin Gurandgi land and lore from the timeless connection of spirit through Uncle Max Dulumunmun Harrison, 2021.

Published 10 July 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander coolamon
Ceremony Wear for Granma Coomee
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/signal-fires/ceremony-wear/

Sharon Mason, Aunty Vivian Mason, Ashweeni Mason, and Savitri Mason, 2019

Published 12 July 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ceremony
Sovereignty, false pretences without the rightful consent
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/sovereignty/

Elder Waubin Richard Aken, Traditional Owner of Tuined and appointed Tribal Historian for Kaurareg First Nations people, discusses the HMB Endeavour’s voyage from his people’s accounts and perspectives.

Published 23 July 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty
Not a discovery voyage
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/recognising-invasions/not-a-discovery-voyage/

The HMB Endeavour’s voyage was originally commissioned as a scientific mission. When the British Admiralty (Royal Navy) found out where Cook was going, they took advantage of the opportunity to expand the British Empire’s interests in the Pacific.

Published 03 August 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander possession
Woppaburra people of the Keppel Islands
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/woppaburra-people-of-the-keppel-islands/

Woppaburra are from a wider Whale Dreaming Indigenous Community around coastal Australia. This is a showcase our ancestor’s cultural objects and their history, as an invaluable cultural educational and teaching/learning tool for all Australians.

Published 17 August 2017

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
A First Nations lens on glass in Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/first-nations-glass/

As a Waanyi descendant, I am proud to be a part of the longest living cultures in Australia and have had the opportunity to highlight a small part of First Nations knowledges and their place in National Science Week 2022.

Published 12 August 2022

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander canoe
Estuaries: mixing places
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/estuaries-mixing-places/

First Nations people recognise Estuaries as mixing places of abundant foods, resources for making tools and important gathering places.

Published 10 May 2022

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Estuary Burra
Starting where you are: First Nations non-linear storytelling
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/non-linear-stories/

For First Nations people, stories and lifecycles don’t need to have a beginning and an ending because they happen continuously in circles and patterns.

Published 10 May 2022

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Burra

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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Future Now

Step into <i>Future Now</i>, an Australian Museum exhibition about sustainability and be inspired by practical and innovative ways to build a more sustainable future.

Touring 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 education space
10am - 4.30pm

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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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