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Shellfish hooks
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/shellfish-hooks/

Sequence of shellfish hooks manufacture for fishing.

Published 02 October 2012

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fishing
Why a Boomerang flies
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/why-a-boomerang-flies/

The vital boomerang attributes: convex top surface, distinctive curve, thin body and wide surface area are essential to the boomerang's aerodynamic properties.

Published 04 February 2011

First Nations boomerang
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
Cultural collections
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/

Learn about the Australian Museum's cultural collections and our engagement with communities to activate stories of living culture.

Published 11 October 2018

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural collections First Nations International collections Pacific Culture culture
Collection Enhancement Project
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/collection-enhancement-project/

Australian Museum Collection Enhancement Project

Published 25 June 2025

First Nations collection conservation digitisation
Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2022: Art Collaboration finalists
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/schools-reconciliation-challenge/art-collaboration-finalists/

Art Collaboration finalists from the 2022 Schools Reconciliation Challenge, share their artworks and stories inspired by the theme From River to Sea: Our Island Home.

Published 27 October 2022

First Nations education reconciliation schools
Barka: The Forgotten River
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/barka/

The health of Barka affects us all. Learn how you can support the river by listening to those that have cared for it since time immemorial.

Published 13 March 2023

First Nations Exhibition Barka
Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2023
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/schools-reconciliation-challenge-2023/

'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 30 October 2023

First Nations education reconciliation schools
Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2023: Primary School finalists
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/schools-reconciliation-challenge-2023/primary-school-finalists/

Primary School 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 Restricted Collections and Repatriation Program
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/restricted-collections-repatriation/

Repatriation at the Australian Museum is a First Nations led program for the culturally appropriate management of the AM Restricted Collections and the repatriation of these collections to their communities of origin.

Published 27 May 2025

First Nations repatriation

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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