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New book explores Indigenous Australian collections in museums across the UK for first time


New book explores Indigenous Australian collections in museums across the UK for first time
Emu feather skirt, from Port Phillip District. This is the earliest known emu feather skirt from the state of Victoria. The feathers of such skirts are typically tied on with vegetable fibre string but this one uses wire. Acquired in 1836 by pastoralist John von Stieglitz (1809–68). Donated by Von Stieglitz to Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society in 1856; gifted in 1910 to Belfast Museum. Ulster Museum, Belfast. L. 84 cm W. 21 cm. Photograph reproduced courtesy the Trustees of National Museums Northern Ireland.
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.- Museums across Great Britain and Ireland hold Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage of exceptional value. Until now these collections have been largely unknown, rarely seen and sometimes misunderstood. ....

United Kingdom , Northern Ireland , Trustees Of National Museums Northern Ireland , Ulster Museum , Belfast Museum , Philosophical Society , Port Phillip , Von Stieglitz , Belfast Natural History , National Museums Northern , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , வடக்கு ஐயர்ல்யாஂட் , அல்ஸ்டர் அருங்காட்சியகம் , பெல்ஃபாஸ்ட் அருங்காட்சியகம் , தத்துவ சமூகம் , போர்த் பிலிப் , வான் ஸ்டீக்லிட்ஸ் , பெல்ஃபாஸ்ட் இயற்கை வரலாறு , தேசிய அருங்காட்சியகங்கள் வடக்கு ,