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Andrew Turner

Position:

Multimedia Officer

Andrew Turner has worked at AIATSIS since 2012. He started off digitising the audio collection but is now the Multimedia Officer, highlighting the work of AIATSIS through photographs, videos and all things digital.

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Lee Darroch at her exhibition as part of Wominjeka.

Capturing the AIATSIS Possum Skin Cloak

Ceremonies Cultural heritage Art

6 Feb 2017

A few hundred years ago, a newborn Aboriginal baby in southeast Australia would have likely been protected from the extreme cold and wet weather by a possum skin cloak. These garments lasted a lifetime as several sewn-together possum skins would become...

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Andrew Turner

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Capturing the AIATSIS Possum Skin Cloak