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National Reconciliation Week
Open from 9:30am to 4pm
Recommended for all ages
Join us for National Reconciliation Week 2025: Bridging Now to Next as we celebrate First Nations culture and reflect on the ongoing connection between past, present and future. Come along and enjoy a range of experiences for all ages throughout the week.
What's on
Introduction to Native Mocktails
Wednesday 28 May 2025
4.30pm - 6pm
$20 General Admission Adult
$17 Annual Pass Members
Learn to pair native Australian botanicals for a delicious mocktail, led by the incredible Chef and Koori man Chris Jordan.
Chris curates native ingredients with indigenous techniques to build flavours that just don’t just taste exquisite, but also work to acknowledge, educate and celebrate the unique culture and natural resources Australia has to offer.
National Sorry Day
Monday 26 May | 1:00pm
Included with museum entry
National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations Survivors and reflect on how we can all play a part in the healing process for our people and nation. Visit the Studio throughout the day to watch the Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples, delivered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13 February 2008.
Film Screenings
27 May, 29 May & 3 June 2025
Free with museum entry, bookings available soon
Come along to the Studio to see three special film screenings showcasing incredible stories and First Nations Talent in Australian media.
While the event is free with Museum entry, spaces are limited and bookings are required to secure your spot. Not allocated seating.
History Bites Back
Thursday 29 May | 1:00pm
History Bites Back (produced by Brindle Films) is satirical, self-aware, and not afraid to launch a rocket into taboo issues.
Aboriginal filmmaker Trisha Morton-Thomas and some of Australia’s freshest comedic talent, Steven Oliver and Elaine Crombie, bite back at negative social media comments and steer the conversation to look into the historical context of the fortunes and misfortunes of Aboriginal Australians from social security, citizenship and equal wages to nuclear bombs and civil actions.
Her Name is Nanny Nellie
Tuesday 27 May | 1:00pm
Powerful and poignant, Her Name is Nanny Nellie offers us the rare privilege of bearing witness to a family reclaiming their history. In 1925, the Australian Museum commissioned three statues of ‘full blood ’Aboriginal people: a child, a man and a woman, exhibited as nameless objects to be studied as examples of a ‘dying race.’
The woman was Nellie Walker, Irene Walker’s great grandmother and director Daniel King’s great, great grandmother. Now Irene is on a journey to retrace Nellie’s life and to reconnect the other families to their ancestors’ statues and re-display them, this time with their names, identities and dignity.
The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
Tuesday 3 June | 1:00pm
In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson (Leah Purcell) and her children struggle to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband leaves to drove sheep in the high country. One day, she finds escaped Indigenous Australian convict (Rob Collins) wounded on her property and an unlikely bond begins to form between them.
A thrilling tale that explores racism and misogyny under colonial rule, and a labour of love for Purcell, who has also adapted Henry Lawson’s short story into a play and a novel.
Craft & Colour
Daily during opening hours
Free with museum entry
Children can visit the Maker Space and craft a rainbow serpent or colour in the beautiful artwork by TJ Mordey, based on the mural 'What awaits at the end of the tracks', featured within the museum.
Storytime
Daily during museum open hours
Free with museum entry
Relax on the mat and listen to Storytime in the studio. Playing throughout the week.
Recommended for children and families, but open to all ages.
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