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Australian Museum gears up for most important show in its history
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By Ali Gripper
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Unsettled, the upcoming exhibition about colonisation seen through the eyes of First Nations people.
There’s a palpable buzz in the air as McBride and her team set up what the museum’s CEO Kim McKay calls the most important show the museum has ever done in its 194-year history.
McBride’s voice rings out loud and clear as she stops in front of one of the installations – one of many in the show that may have many people reeling back in shock. A wall-sized map of Australia is lit up in red, denoting where frontier massacres took place each year. In 1921, almost two-thirds of the continent is awash in red.