Cricket fans will be interested to learn of a recent discovery made at RAMM last week. Does the name W.R. Hayman ring any bells? On 29 October 1868, Hayman donated a small collection of Aboriginal items from Australia; a boomerang, a hand club, two spear throwers, two spears, two parrying sticks, three throwing clubs and two […]
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Indigenous Australia – exclusive tour
Location: British Museum Date: 29 July 2015 Members of the Museum Ethnographers Group are invited to attend the British Museum to explore “The BP exhibition Indigenous Australia: enduring civilisation” and speak to Gaye Scunthorpe the curator behind the show. Indigenous Australia is the first major UK exhibition to present a history of Aboriginal peoples through […]