National Museum of Australia - Indigenous

From our exhibitions

70% Urban

A Different Time

A Different Time

Bipotaim exhibition

Bipotaim

Circa theatre exterior

Circa

Cook's Pacific Encounters exhibition

Cook's Pacific Encounters

Dhari a Krar exhibition

Dhari A Krar

Inside: Life in Children's Homes and Institutions exhibition

Inside

Papunya Painting: out of the desert exhibition

Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert

Recoil exhibition

ReCoil

Utopia exhibition

Utopia

Yiwarra Kuju exhibition

Yiwarra Kuju

Online features

Aboriginal breastplates online feature

Aboriginal breastplates

Collaborating for Indigenous Rights

Collaborating for Indigenous Rights

Many Rhymes, One Rhythm

Many Rhymes, One Rhythm

Cook's Pacific Encounters: Cook-Forster Collection online

Cook's Pacific Encounters: Cook-Forster Collection

Collection highlights

Warakurna history paintings - Camel Lady detail

Warakurna history paintings

Detail of a pair of white gloves

Faith Bandler's gloves

Sydney Harbour Bridge sculpture of red shells covering a red felt background. © Esme Timbery. Licensed by VISCOPY, Sydney 2009.

Shellwork Harbour Bridge

Detail of visitor looking at a painting

Papunya collection

Detail of a shell necklace.

Tasmanian shell necklaces

Detail of a Yawk Yawk sculpture

Yawkyawk sculptures

Detail of Evonne Goolagong Cawley holding her 1980 women's Wimbledon trophy

Goolagong tennis collection

Black and white pencil sketch on a piece of lined paper showing four men dancing.

Oscar's sketchbook

Detail of Ernabella batik

Ernabella Arts collection

Mornington Island headress front and back view.

Mornington Is headdress

Collection interactives

A screenshot image of an interactive

Oscar's sketchbook

Audio on demand

Constitutional recognition – so what?

Emily Kame Kngwarreye series

Mick Gooda joins the conversation

The art of cutting stone: Aboriginal convict labour in 19th-century NSW and Van Dieman's Land

Who You Callin' Urban? forum

Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies conference

Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium

Force for good: how Indigenous Australians have enriched football

Classroom resources

Dreaming painting by Clifford Possum

Papunya paintings

Years 5 and up
Indigenous culture & history, arts, historical skills
+ keys to symbols and a map of significant sites

Australian History Mysteries

Years 7–10
Australian history, historical skills, Indigenous culture & history

Saibai Island canoe thumbnail image

Saibai Island canoe – Flash interactive

Years 3–6
Indigenous culture & history

View all classroom resources for Indigenous culture & history

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