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There is a wealth of information on Indigenous Australia from both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous sources. These provide information covering multiple areas.

This page provides information on The Arts & individual artists and Indigenous beliefs & culture.

A Second Page provides information on Indigenous Language/Tribal Areas, Sport, sporting involvement and individual sporting high achievers.

A Third Page covers community information, government involvement, health, legal matters and reports/research over several decades.

A Fourth Page covers documents & texts, general information sites, current involvements, Indigenous media and information on reconciliation.

Each of these pages can also be reached using the numbered boxes above.

Indigenous History and Famous Indigenous Australians will be found using these links. For information regarding Indigenous Education, both for and about Indigenous people, use this link or the one in the main menu.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following may contain images and voices of deceased persons.

Arts & Artists

Art Portals

Gain access to groups of artists, their works, related information on Indigenous Art, dance groups, … .

• Aboriginal Art
  ‘Links to Aboriginal owned and operated Art Centres’ sites in the Top End of the Northern Territory, north of Western Australia and Central Australia.’
• Aboriginal Art of Australia
• Aboriginal Art Online
  Aboriginal art of all kinds, work on culture and society. Their Land & Cultures page is worth visiting. The Biographies of Desert Aboriginal Artists is extensive.
• Aboriginal Artist Biographies
  A selection of Aboriginal artists.
• Australian Aboriginal Art Gallery
  By a Southern Arrernte group in central Australia. Buy artworks from the creators.
• Australian Aboriginal Arts
  Gallery, artists, objects, links, stories, current exhibition, news, shop. Very well presented.
• Bangarra Dance Theatre
  One of Australia’s premier dance groups performing a blend of traditional and modern dance.
• Chetachyre Enterprise
  ‘Anmatyerre Aboriginal Art is a special category of Aboriginal Art. The Anmatyerre tribe of the western deserts of Central Australia is famous for their art.’ One group’s efforts.
• Desart
  Links to 30 centres of Aboriginal art and craft from central Australia.
• Descendance
  Aboriginal cultural group. Includes musicians, dancers, painters, Elders, choreographers. Performed around the world.
• Hogarth Arts - Aboriginal Art
  Aboriginal art, artworks, Aboriginal souvenirs.
• Jinta Desert Art
  Gain an insight into the religion and culture of Aboriginal Australia through these artworks.
• Maningrida Arts and Culture
  Visit the gallery, see the works. Listen to samples of music, visit the virtual museum.
• Mbantua Gallery
  Artefacts and art works from Central Australia.
• National Gallery of Australia Indigenous Art
• One World - Australian Aboriginal Art
  Introduction to the art. Gallery of different art.
• Wandjina Art Project
  ‘Wandjina art from the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia contains some of the most striking images in Aboriginal art … . Started in October 1997 by the Ngarinyin Aboriginal Corporation and the Kamali Land Council as a means of bringing the Wandjina creation stories and imagery to a wider audience.’
• Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association
  Artworks, background information on Aboriginal arts and artists.

Individual Artists

Links to indigenous artists from different areas of Australia.

• Banduk Marika
  Biography, information on collections, themes, prints, exhibitions, bibliography, more.
  Yirrkala.
• Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi
  Biography, information on collections, themes, prints, exhibitions, bibliography, more.
  Balgo Hills.
• Emily Kame Kngwarreye : Artist
  The artist and her work. Buy through the site.
  Alhalkere.
• Gabriel Maralngurra
  Biography, information on collections, themes, prints, exhibitions, bibliography, more.
  Oenpelli.
• Paddy Stewart Japaljarri
  Biography, information on collections, themes, prints, exhibitions, bibliography, more.
  Yuendumu.
• Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri
  Biography, information on collections, themes, prints, exhibitions, bibliography, more.
  Tiwi.
• Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
  Biography, exhibition history, collections of work.
  Pintupi.

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Beliefs & Culture

Beliefs

Information on general beliefs and the Dreamtime.

• Aboriginal Dreaming Stories
  ‘This integrated unit of work has been developed to increase the understandings of students in the Primary Years about Aboriginal culture as seen through Dreaming stories. Aligned with the SACSA Framework and intended to provide learning in the areas of Society and the Environment, The Arts and English, leading towards outcomes in Standard 2. Student learning activities have been developed to engage students in a variety of learning and thinking tasks and designed using de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats model to achieve a differentiated and inclusive learning environment for all students.’
• Aboriginal Dreamtime and its Stories
  General introduction covers Wandjina, the belief structure, more. Sequence of links to individual Dreamtime stories.
• Australian Dreamtime
  ‘Aborigines have the longest continuous cultural history of any group of people on Earth, dating back - by some estimates - 65 000 years. Dreamtime is Aboriginal Religion and Culture.’ Explanations of these beliefs.
• Dust Echoes
  ‘Ancient stories, New Voices. Dust Echoes is a series of twelve beautifully animated dreamtime stories from Central Arnhem Land, telling stories of love, loyalty, duty to country, Aboriginal custom and law.’ This description does not do this justice. A must see !
  Exceptional and Highly Recommended !
• Mything Links
  ‘Annotated & Illustrated Collection of Worldwide Links to Mythologies, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Sacred Arts & Traditions.’ This is the Australian Aboriginal section.
• Stories of the Dreamtime
  Information about The Dreamtime. Story list of those included via the area links.
• Lore of the Land
  Interactive site designed to encourage living in harmony with the land and others.
• The Dreaming
  ‘The Dreaming Stories as seen on the ABC are a terrific series of animated films based on Australian Aboriginal storytelling [oral histories] that have been maintained as a body of knowledge for over 40 000 years. Children love them and adults are amazed at what they lean about Australia from each story’. Purchase details available.
• Thukeri
  ‘In this story from the lower River Murray area of South Australia, two fishermen are delighted with their huge catch of fish. The trouble begins when they refuse to share it. A cautionary tale about greed, from the Ngarrindjeri people.’ Video. Glossary included. Requires RealPlayer. Links to other aspects of the the Dreamtime, including other stories [some with explanations].
  Highly Recommended !
• Wandjina
  Article.

Culture

• 12 Canoes
  ‘We are the Yolngu people of Ramingining, in the northern part of Central Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Terriory. This website is built for us, for everyone. There are 12 stories here about where we live, about how we came to be, about our history and about how we live now. We welcome you to know about us, about our culture, this way.’
  Brilliant !
• Aboriginal Australia [Culture]
  Culture via art and tourism.
• Australian Aboriginal Culture
  Annotated links from Yahoo.
• Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery
  SA Museum. ‘With over 3 000 items on display in an accessible, interactive setting, the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery showcases the largest collection of Australian Aboriginal artefacts and archival material in the world. It tells the story of the achievements of Aboriginal Australia, arisen from the challenges posed by the land itself’.
• Aboriginal Song Cycles
  A bibliography from Sydney University.
• Diwurruwurru
  ‘In our languages, Diwurruwurru means Message Stick. We send out message sticks far and wide when we want to invite people to visit us, to celebrate with us, or to settle matters that trouble us. This website is our message stick to the world. We warmly invite you to come and experience our cultures with us. We intend this website to educate not only our own children but people everywhere. We choose to use web-technology because we can change it as our culture and concerns change.’ Deakin University.
• Garma Cultural Studies Institute
  ‘Regarded as one of Australia’s most significant Indigenous festivals, the Garma Festival attracts around 20 clan groups from north east Arnhem Land, as well as representatives from clan groups and neighbouring Indigenous peoples throughout Arnhem Land, the Northern Territory and Australia.’
• Hidden Histories
  ‘This program was developed by Museum Victoria and the Department of Education, Employment and Early Childhood Development to assist in the documentation of oral histories of indigenous communities and to increase the wider community’s understanding of these cultures’.
• Indig
  Musical and cultural site.
• Indigenous Arts, Culture and Heritage
  Annotated links from the Culture and Recreation Portal.
• Indigenous Australia [Culture]
  Information about people and culture.
• IndigOz Web Directory
  ‘Attempts to maintain a catalogue of all current sites by, for, or about Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Listed by category.’
• moorditj
  ‘A multi-award-winning interactive cd-rom celebrating the depth and diversity of the cultural expressions of Indigenous Australian artists. Moorditj explores 300 artworks from 110 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, including Sally Morgan, Yothu Yindi, Neville T Bonner, the Bangarra Dance Theatre.’ Fee-based.
• NAIDOC
  ‘NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia in the first full week in July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’. This committee was once responsible for organising national activities during NAIDOC Week [see History of NAIDOC], and its acronym has become the name of the week itself.’
• Our Dreamings
  ‘Our Dreamings is an interactive Multimedia CDRom. This educational resource with comprehensive educational notes and links is highly recommended for teachers, students, art lovers and anyone wanting greater understanding and appreciation of Australian Aboriginal art and culture.’ The site provides other accessible material.
• Tasmanian Aboriginal Historical Services
  Tasmanian Aboriginal culture and history with newsletter, books, articles.
• The Flight of Ducks
  ‘Australian online documentary spanning more than 70 years. It began when F.J.A. Pockley [my father] travelled to Central Australia in January 1933 where he undertook a private camel expedition from Hermannsburg Mission to Mount Liebig. He brought back cinefilm, photographs, journals, Aboriginal objects. The collection provides insight into the end of the frontier period when there were still isolated groups of Aborigines yet to experience non-Aboriginal contact.’ Click on the top duck for an index.

Guidelines for Indigenous Cultural Representation

Several guidelines for presentation of indigenous life and beliefs.

• ATSILIRN
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library and Information Resource Network. Information on protocols and warning statements.
• Cultural Protocols Relating to Deaths In Indigenous Communities
  Information, links from the Australian Government.
• Ethics and Codes of Conduct
  Developed for use by the Australian ABC.
• Protocols for Consultation and Negotiation with Aboriginal People
  Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. PDF format, in total or parts.
• Protocols for Consultation and Negotiation with Torres Strait Islander People
  Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. PDF format, in total or parts.
• Consulting Citizens
  Engaging with Aboriginal Australians. Western Australia Department of Indigenous Affairs. There is a smaller black and white version here.
• Indigenous Protocols for Journalists
  ‘These protocols are aimed at providing a guide for journalists to have effective and respectful communication with Indigenous peoples.’
• The Greater Perspective
  SBS Guidelines.

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