Indigenous

Explore the museum's back catalogue of past exhibitions, research and public programs related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island cultures. A journey through three decades of the museums behind the scenes stories authored by the museums staff and valued contributions from the museums collaborative research partners.

 

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Articles

The bronze statue of Yarri and Jacky in the main street of Gundagai. Photograph Stephen Gapps

18 Apr 2019

Posthumous bravery awards for heroic 1852 flood rescues
Ghost net turtle in the water of Erub Island. Image: Erub Arts.

30 Jan 2019

Ghost nets
Sea Country

30 Jul 2018

The battle for Sea Country legal rights
© Rosemary Gamajun Mamuniny/Copyright Agency, 2018. Woven skirt from Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island).

13 Jul 2018

Fibre art and fashion

19 Jun 2018

Contested waterways - Aboriginal resistance in early colonial Sydney

14 Feb 2018

Spirit figures from Arnhem Land

25 Jan 2018

Remembering Mabo

24 Nov 2017

On the River to Gundagai – Yarri, Jacky and the Great Flood of 1852

07 Nov 2017

Canoe Cultures - Nawi 2017 Travelling Our Waters

26 Jan 2017

January 26: One day, many meanings

11 Jan 2017

An Australian Stonehenge?

15 Dec 2016

Australia's First Watercraft

 

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