Collections symposium 2010 – Caring for collections
14 May 2010
The 2010 Collections Symposium reflected on recent developments in the assessment, storage and conservation of Australian museum collections.

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Baz Luhrmann's Australia Reviewed, 7-8 December 2009
An interdisciplinary conference on history, film and popular culture. Papers and panels explored the myriad ways in which the film (along with other films, fictional and non-fictional texts, and histories) engages with Australia's national history, self-fashioning, and identity.

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Barks, Birds & Billabongs: Exploring the legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition, 16-20 November 2009
A five-day symposium revisiting this landmark international venture and exploring the vast collections with an emphasis on Indigenous perspectives.

(WARNING: Visitors should be aware that this website includes images and names of deceased people that may cause sadness or distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples).

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Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies
9-10 November 2009
A conference held at the National Museum of Australia, in association with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University looking at perspectives from anthropology, history and material culture studies.

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Violent Ends: The Arts of Environmental Anxiety
11 June 2009
Fears around global warming were explored through different mediums by a group of artists, poets, dancers, singers, scientists, film makers, historians, creative writers and cultural theorists.

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Collections symposium 2009 – From collections to exhibitions
27 March 2009
The 'From collections to exhibitions' symposium brought together speakers from across Australia to discuss the nature and uses of collection material and objects for display in various forms.

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Collections symposium 2008 – Material histories: objects as sources?
30 May 2008
The 'Material histories: objects as sources?' symposium featured speakers from across Australia considering the different ways curators, achaeologists, historians and anthropologists have approached physical evidence.

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Collecting for a nation 2006 – History of the National Historical Collections and its collectors
21 March 2006
The 'Collecting for a Nation' symposium marked the 25th anniversary of the Act which brought about the National Museum of Australia and its National Historical Collection.

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