Aboriginal communities have observed the night sky for millennia. But they face a growing threat – light pollution.
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Rock art images show Songlines reached from Murujuga beside the Indian Ocean to the eastern Simpson Desert, 2,300 kilometers away.
Pairing First Nations lore with genetic analysis lets us retrace how important food trees were deliberately moved thousands of years ago
At this moment of eco-anxiety, First Nations spiritualities, with their emphasis on balance and responsibility, may help us better live in harmony with all things.
Many First Nations celebrate the time when boats from across the Indonesian archipelago were not intercepted by Australian authorities.
A 20-year cultural revitalisation effort has led to a songline being sung again on Country, to an audience of 140 people.
Most of our knowledge on songlines comes from central and northern Australia. Now, a songline from north Victoria, reaching up the NSW coast is being reawakened.
A new film canvasses Indigenous Australian accounts of, and responses to, Captain Cook’s arrival.
Wanji-wanji’s lyrics have remained unchanged over thousands of kilometres and the past 150 years.
This exhibition at the National Museum of Australia is not only brilliant but marks an important turning point in how Aboriginal art is exhibited.
Aboriginal people have been using the stars to help remember routes between distant locations, and these routes are still alive in our highway networks today.
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Adjunct fellow, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Indigenous Art History and Curatorship, Australian National University
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School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University
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Former Director of Cultural Heritage, Queensland, Indigenous Knowledge
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Barrister-at-Law, Indigenous Knowledge
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Archaeology, Classics and History, University of New England
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Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Film, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Curtin University
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Yuin Elder, Indigenous Knowledge
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Tutor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology, Linguistics and Ethnobiology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Linguistics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Music, The University of Western Australia