Museum of Sydney

Edge of Trees

This site-specific piece commissioned for the forecourt of the Museum of Sydney at its opening in 1995 was created by artists Fiona Foley and Janet Laurence

Yura Nura: People & Country

Yura Nura: People & Country presents contemporary Aboriginal reflections on the history of Sydney and colonisation

First Fleet Ships

This display explores the journey, arrival and first contacts of this fleet’s largely unwilling human cargo

First encounters

The Museum of Sydney is built on and around a site that links us to the very beginnings of modern Australia

A fisher woman of Warrane

Daringa’s short but fascinating life reflects the connection of coastal Aboriginal peoples to the water, and the key role played by women in the fishing economy

The convict impact on Aboriginal people

Impacts of the convict system on Aboriginal Country and communities

Garuwanga Gurad (stories that belong to Country)

During this program at Museum of Sydney, on the site of first Government House, students have a unique opportunity to explore links between Indigenous and European histories, cultures and perspectives in the expanding Sydney colony of the 1800

Whose Place?

During this thought-provoking and engaging program, students learn that this place was an important site of contact between British and Aboriginal people