Black Day, Sun Rises, Blood Runs
Stories of colonial violence in Victoria
This film, exhibited in the ‘Call to Fight’ section of the First Peoples exhibition, Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre at the Melbourne Museum, explores stories of violence that occurred in the nineteenth century across the state of Victoria.
Told through the oral histories of First Peoples and settler Victorians, we hear a range of stories that share the diverse conflicts that took place in our early history. From the Native Police who were used to end Aboriginal resistance to invasion, to massacres of First Peoples, to retaliation against the settlers for their violence.
These stories form an important part of our shared history.
The hidden history of Aboriginal stockwoman
As told by a Koa stockwoman, mother and doctor of philosophy.
The timeless and living art of possum skin cloaks
The First Peoples of south-eastern Australia have been making possum skin cloaks since time immemorial—today the practice is flourishing.
A pathway for First Nations identity and meaning in the GLAM sector
In April this year the Honourable Princess Salote Maumautaimi Tuku’aho of Tonga visited Melbourne Museum's First Peoples and Te Pasifika exhibitions.