A Living Museum at Work in Melbourne's Multicultural West

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palawa kani: Expressing the power of language in art and the museum context
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Zoe Rimmer and Theresa Sainty

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Reconnecting the Yaghan community to cultural belongings 90 years on
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Rebecca Carland

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Looking for murnong
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Lou Bennett and Romaine Moreton

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The Torch
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Kin‑dling and other radical relationalities
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Emily Johnson and Karyn Recollet

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Making Inuit art in the moment
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asinnajaq

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Notes from Kahoʻolawe, Ka Paeʻāina o Hawaiʻi, Moananuiākea
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Drew Kahuaina Broderick and Josh Tengan

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Weaving memory, living embodiment
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Freja Carmichael

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Knowledge positions in Aotearoa and Turtle Island art museums
Feature
Léuli Eshraghi

Interview with First Nations curators Kathleen Ash-Milby (Portland Art Museum), Maia Nuku (Metropolitan Museum of Art) and Nigel Borell (Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki).
 

Published 01 June 2020

Those who come to know Melbourne's western suburbs find many treasures in the region's history, heritage, environment and contemporary culture.

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