The Exhibition begins in the time of the Ancestral Spirits and continues to tell the story of Koorie people into the here and now. It tells of the rich, diverse and sophisticated culture that continues to thrive and evolve today despite the hardships it has faced.

The Permanent Exhibition features the following stories of Koorie culture and history:

• Spirit and Country – The Meaning of Belonging, Creation spirits and our connection to the land.
• Reading the Traces on the Earth, traditional hunting and gathering roles in our society
• New songs, axe-heads and Ochre – trade, corroborees and tools
• Elders and the Lore, sacred and social issues, marriage and family
• A Line of Blood, invasion of European people, the fiction of terra nullis and massacres
• ‘The Blessings of Christianity and the advantages of civilised life’, the change in the life of our people on the missions and reserves
• They took the children away, stories from the stolen generation
• We ask for Justice, Koories fighting in world wars, Koories in sport, Koories fighting for their rights, community controlled organisations and our community as it is today.
  

The Trust’s permanent exhibition has been dedicated to our Elders and those who walked the land before us and whose wisdom and strength guide us still.