Indigenous artists have been engraving rock shelters for millennia - long before the Kimberley’s celebrated rock art paintings. Now the rocks’ natural coatings are yielding clues to the engravings’ creation.
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It was the site of historic gatherings, such as a four-day initiation ceremony for young men. Then colonial authorities quashed such practices. The place was lost for more than a century, until now.
How does rock art matter? New research finds it can act as a kind of intergenerational media –even when no longer visible to the eye.
Bushfire Recovery Victoria has a focus on Aboriginal culture and healing – a long overdue approach in disaster recovery.
The Moon is not only a guide to the best time to fish and plant food, it also provides evidence of a long connection between the people on different islands in the Torres Strait.
Pre-Invasion, message sticks were sent between distant communities to maintain diplomatic relations. They demanded acknowledgement and mutual respect.
More than 500 paintings at 87 rock shelters provide a remarkable glimpse into past Aboriginal life.
Strong language and culture is listed among the fresh Closing the Gap targets. But, as the latest research on speakers and learners shows, language is fundamental to well-being across the board.
The Morrison government has seized on environment law reform proposed on Monday. I was a federal environment official for 13 years – and I know these things cannot be rushed.
A series of four live-streamed concerts from Arnhem Land offers a welcome break from bad news and a way for Indigenous musicians to share their talents with the world.
Laws in other countries recognise ‘rights of nature’. But even trees sacred to Indigenous Australian communities have no special protection.
There are memorial stones scattered along songlines throughout the Australian landscape, victims and transgressors transformed into rock following epic struggles to stand as cautionary tales.
Indigenous fashion design today is being shaped by First Nations people at every level.
The World Heritage Listing for Victoria’s Budj Bim fish traps was ground-breaking. Here are five other Australian Indigenous sites that also deserve greater attention.
Australian composers have long referenced Indigenous music and culture in their works. A new platform paper suggests a more collaborative way forward.
Romantic comedy meets road movie in Wayne Blair’s much anticipated new film.
A new 50 cent coin recognises the diversity of Australian Indigenous languages.
For the Barkandji people, the crisis on the Barwon-Darling represents the biggest threat to their continued survival on country since the sheep invaded.
Wanji-wanji’s lyrics have remained unchanged over thousands of kilometres and the past 150 years.
It’s time for a more reasonable, hybrid definition of civilisation that incorporates our Indigenous heritage.
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Professor of Education, Charles Darwin University
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Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University
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Associate Dean Indigenous and Professor of Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Inaugural Director, Indigenous Knowledge Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Linguistics, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Lecturer, Archaeology, Flinders University
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Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Research Associate in Archaeology, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Screen and Design, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer Indigenous Knowledges, Deakin University
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Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne