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Journeys to Australia
Immigration is a vital feature of Australia's history and national identity. Celebrate the journeys that changed Australia forever.
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10 peculiar and splendid masks
Masks might come to symbolise 2020. But they have a rich and often strange history.
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Fusipala: a Tongan princess, a costume and a community that keeps her memory alive
Who was the princess behind the costume?
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Burlesque dancing and basket weaving: the incredible life of Aunty Veronica Barnett
Step into the adventurous past of one of the Melbourne Museum's public faces.
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Significant Mi'kmaq regalia crosses oceans and time to return home after 150 years in Melbourne
A unique regalia from Canada has finally returned home, in a major international repatriation from Museums Victoria’s collection.
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Stool, Papua New Guinea
A stool made from a single piece of wood with a standing figure forming the back.
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Maori Feather cloak
Kahuhuruhuru is the name for this type of cloak made of fine fibres made from flax or whitau.
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Origins
What are your origins? Where have Victorians come from? Why did they come? This website presents government census information on Victorian communities from 85 countries of origin.