Collection Snapshots

Snapshots

Waitangi Day
Waitangi Day is New Zealand's annual celebration of the signing of the Waitangi Treaty. The objects featured on this website come from the Australian Museum's Pacific collection. They provide insight into the designs, materials and technologies used in the production of Maori material culture during the 1800s.

Aboriginal Subsistence Strategies in Arid Australia
Australia is one of the driest continents on earth. Aboriginal people have lived successfully in these arid inland regions for thousands of years by developing a sophisticated and intricate knowledge of their environment.

Yumi Yet
Bougainville is our home, our life, our culture, our identity, and it is unique. We, the Havini and Sirivi families from Bougainville Island, have brought together precious and everyday objects from our homeland and the Australian Museum Collection.

Kalthi paarti - Carved Emu Eggs
Emu egg carving first became popular in the mid to late nineteenth century. Both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists practised the art, with some silversmiths designing elaborate and ornate contraptions to hold the eggs.