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Listening to Country
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/first-nations/burra/listening-to-country/

We are all connected to Country so it is important to understand how everything works and notice when patterns change.

Published 16 June 2022

Burra Climate Change Country First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
A First Nations lens on glass in Australia
https://dev.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
Shellfish hooks
https://dev.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
Woppaburra people of the Keppel Islands
https://dev.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://dev.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
First Nations
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/first-nations/

Learn more about this land’s First Nations peoples and cultures.

Published 27 May 2020

Aboriginal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural collections First Nations exhibition
Carved emu eggs featured in Winhangadurinya
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/first-nations/winhangadurinya-emu-eggs/

Winhangadurinya is an experiential space, a complex arrangement of three dimensional objects with deep meanings, including these carved emu eggs.

Published 24 May 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Egg
Continued resistance
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/first-nations/unsettled/continued-resistance/

Explore the historical and continued resistance of First Nations peoples.

Published 03 September 2021

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aboriginal and torres strait islander histories and cultures
Leilira blades from Arnhem Land
https://dev.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
Survival and revival of the string figures of Yirrkala
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/survival-and-revival-of-the-string-figures-of-yirrkala/

String figures, or Matjka-wuma, are patterns or designs made on the hands with a loop of string.

Published 19 March 2015

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

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
On now

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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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RELICS

Vintage objects meet miniature LEGO® worlds in RELICS, an extraordinary exhibition created by LEGO® Masters winners. Opening 16 August at the Australian Museum.

Special Exhibition
Opens 16 August 2025

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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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