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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 documents & texts, current involvements, Indigenous media, information about reconciliation and general information sites.
A First Page covers 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.
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.
Documents & Texts
Books, Journals, Monographs, …
Specific items, entry points for multiple works.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Check the Research Section, access the Discussion Papers. - Aboriginal History Monographs
‘Present discussions or a series of articles on single subjects of contemporary issues’. They can be purchased via this site. - Aboriginal History [Journal]
Articles, reviews, etc., on Australian ethnohistory. Summaries provided but you need to purchase to access full-text material or do so through university/college libraries. - Archival Resources Relating to Indigenous Australians
National Archives of Australia. Their material, links to other sources, protocols to follow. - Countering Racism in Schools
Queensland Studies Authority. Referring specifically to Indigenous students. - Fremantle Press
‘A key component of the Press’ publishing program is our Indigenous titles list, which is highly regarded at a national and international level’. - Inception Strategies
‘Inception Strategies develops social comics for government organisations to assist them deliver positive health and education strategies to communities and individuals. The storylines are developed through workshops with the community for whom the comic is intended’. - Magabala Books
‘Publishes books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from all over Australia. Magabala Books is Australia’s oldest independent Indigenous publishing house’. - Mura Gadi
‘Online guide to manuscripts, pictures and oral histories in the National Library of Australia relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’. - Rock Painting Sites in the Kimberley Region
Report with graphics by the Lommels [1955]. Downloadable by sections in PDF format. Fascinating.
Current Involvements
- Action for Aboriginal Rights
‘Designed for students [and other searchers] looking for information on current Australian Indigenous issues’. - ANTAR
Part of the ANTAR site but dealing specifically with the Northern Territory Intervention and other options that could have been taken. Check the Issues & Campaigns page for other actions. - Indigenous Tourism Portal
‘This portal is set up to provide links and information for people working within the Indigenous tourism sector, particularly tourism business operators and aspiring tourism operators and their support networks’. - Black Pages
‘Black Pages is Australia’s first and only national on-line Indigenous Business and Community Enterprise Directory’. - Cape Crusade : Australian Story
Transcripts from the Australian Story presentation on the Pearson brothers [Gerhardt and Noel] as they describe their approach on Cape York. You can also find information on their Jawun : Indigenous Corporate Partnerships [Previously known as Indigenous Enterprise Partnerships.] Also look at Noel Pearson - Cape York Partnerships. - Indigenous Welfare Reform
In the Northern Territory and Cape York : A Comparative Analysis. ‘Australian working paper providing a comparative analysis of welfare reform activities in two locations’. This is one of many papers that can be found at Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University. Use the menu on the left to access Working Papers, Discussion Papers, Research Monographs, Topical Issues and more. - Indigenous Issues
‘Welcome to the Indigenous Issues site in the Culture and Communication Reading Room supported by the Centre for Research in Culture and Communication at Murdoch University, Western Australia. This site is intended to provide a launching pad for anyone interested in the study of social, cultural and political issues relating to indigenous peoples’. - National Congress of Australia’s First People
‘The National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples is building a national platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The Congress was created in April 2010 to give our peoples a say on issues important to us and to create a national voice for those opinions to be heard by all Australians. As a new representative body, the Congress will be shaped over the coming months and years by our members’. Find the latest news, other information, pictures and more. Read the article Newslines Radio : First Steps of National Congress on this page. Find out about this meeting and find links to other information.
Other Information
Boomerangs
- Boomerangs
Information, links from the CSIRO, relating to Aboriginal Technology - How Boomerangs Work
From How Stuff Works.
Education
For specific educational opportunities [and information] as provided by the states & Commonwealth, visit the Indigenous Education page. Other links are provided here.
- Aboriginal Students Can Succeed
‘Case studies of ten successful Aboriginal students’. - The Case For Change
A Review of Contemporary Research on Indigenous Education Outcomes. Provides a call for change based on rigorous research. ACER. - Indigenous College of Education and Research
- NATSIEW
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Web Site. Geared to the educational needs and aspirations of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders. Two sections. The Education Website, a Chronology of History.
General Sites
- Aboriginal Calendar
Lists major dates throughout the year. - AIATSIS Indexes and Databases
‘Links to a wide range of indexes/databases and a selected few major websites freely available on the Internet. Databases all contain some valuable Indigenous studies content. You can access Weblinks for Indigenous Studies websites compiled by Library staff’. - AboriginalAustralia.com
From an Aboriginal community in Alice Springs. News, didjeridoo information, cultural information, Aboriginal art, tours, other goods. - Aboriginal Flag
Learn about the Aboriginal flag. Also find the Torres Strait Island Flag, the history of the flag and view a finished product. For general information about the History of the Aboriginal Flag go here. - Aboriginals of Australia
Aboriginals and Aboriginal communities [click on Aborigines]. - Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library
Links to resources, native title, languages, bibliographies, spirituality, art & culture, more. - AOL Australian Aboriginal Search
Links to Aboriginal history, health, arts, education, more. - ARDS
‘Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Inc is an Indigenous, non-government, charitable organisation’. - Australian Indigenous Rights Activists
‘Indigenous and other Australians involved in indigenous rights activism’. From Wikipedia. - Australian Indigenous Service
‘We provide assistance to : clients interested in researching Indigenous local or cultural history; Indigenous Australians researching their family history; public libraries developing their library services and collections for their local Indigenous community’. State Library of NSW. - Burragubba
Paintings, services, music, cultural programs, photos, links. - Centre for Appropriate Technology
‘CAT works to secure sustainable livelihoods for communities of Indigenous people through appropriate technology. CAT provides information, knowledge and practical services across a range of areas including energy, housing and infrastructure, water, waste, telecommunications, transport and technical skills development’. - Cool Sites
Compiled by the University of Queensland. - First Australians
‘First Australians introduces visitors to the two Indigenous groups in Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - and shows the wide diversity of languages and cultures within these groups’. National Museum of Australia. - Family History
‘Following the history of family and community’. Information developed and presented by the State Library of Queensland.
Highly Recommended ! - Frog & Toad’s Indigenous Australia
While this opens at the information on the Tent Embassy in Canberra, this is only one aspect of the information on a much larger Indigenous Australia site. - Indigenous Australia
‘Explores Indigenous Australia through storytelling, c ultures, histories. It includes Stories of the Dreaming, teachers’ resources, content for students. Use this site to find out about the Indigenous Australia exhibition at the Australian Museum’. - Indigenous People
Links by the State Library of Queensland covering their own holdings, other electronic resources, Internet sites.
Well presented. - InfoKoori Database
Events, issues, people affecting Indigenous people. - Koorinet
Information, links that help provide detailed information. - Links to Aboriginal Australia
Links to Aboriginal life and history. - Little Red Yellow Black Site
Covers Culture and Sport, Participation and Governance, Resistance and Reconciliation. Included are educational resources, further reading, audiovisual material and links to further resources.. - NATSIEW
History, topics, people, health, education, regions, links to similar sites, archaeology, more. Well set out. - Step by Step into the Past
‘Indigenous Australian Family History Guide’.
Indigenous Media
Print, audio and television links.
- AIATSIS Audiovisual Archive
‘Holds the world’s premier collection of moving image, recorded sound and photographic materials relating to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories. Its vaults contain approximately 45 000 hours of recorded sound, 650 000 photographic images, 6 000 video titles, 1 000 artefacts and approximately 6½ million feet of motion picture film’. - Australian Government Directory
Indigenous Media Links. - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
‘Promotes Aboriginal culture, language, dance, and music while generating economic benefits in the form of training, employment and income generation. CAAMA produces media products that engender pride in Aboriginal culture, and informs and educates the wider community of the richness and diversity of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia’. - Gadigal Information Services
Based in Sydney, N.S.W.. - Goolarri Media
‘Goolarri Media’s primary interests lie in developing and fostering the growth of Indigenous media in the Kullarri region. It encompasses the needs and interests of the non-Indigenous community and acts as a medium through which the two can come together’. Broome, W.A.. - Imparja
‘A private, fully commercial television company registered in the Northern Territory. It is unique in Australia and the world, being totally owned and controlled by Northern Territory and South Australian Aboriginal shareholders. All its activities positively promote Aboriginal culture and values’. - Indigenous Australia [Media]
Media about indigenous Australians. - Living Black
‘Australia’s only Indigenous current affairs show’. SBS television. - Indigenous [Message Stick]
Indigenous news and media from the ABC. Their Special Topics page is well worth visiting. - National Indigenous Radio Service
‘National satellite company that provides 24 hour a day programming to over 130 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander radio stations throughout Australia, as well as another 120 mainstream non-indigenous community stations’. Also incorporates the National Indigenous News Service. - National Indigenous Television
‘National Indigenous Television is a 24 hour television service established by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to improve the lives of our peoples. For more information, download our Fact Sheets’. - National Indigenous Times
‘Australia’s leading Indigenous Affairs news provider … Land rights, native title, treaty to reconciliation, stolen wages, Aboriginal art, NIT gives an in-depth look at black and white Australia’. - Paw Media
‘The Warlpiri Media website created on-site at Yuendumu, Northern Territory’.
Previously listed as Warlpiri. - The Koori Mail
Fortnightly paper containing information for indigenous people and others. - Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association
‘Formed by Top End community members who recognised the need to encourage and assist the development of local broadcasting and information services at all remote communities’. - VIBE Australia
‘A dynamic Aboriginal media, communications and events management agency situated in Darlinghurst, Sydney. We specialise in the implementation, production and dissemination of targeted, culturally sensitive communication products and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities’. Links to related Vibe sites.
Reconciliation
Links to reconciliation and national Sorry structures.
- A Gift of Presence
‘Words and images about reconciliation, plus learning activities and student worksheets suitable for middle primary, upper primary and secondary/adult students’. Now archived by Pandora. - Apology Australia
Archived site, covering apologies and links to related Aboriginal sites and information. - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
News, information about reconciliation, draft document on reconciliation, suggestions on how to help, etc.. - Journey of Healing
Site of the National Sorry Day Committee. - Reconciliation
Provides access to both The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation [till 2000] and Reconciliation Australia [see link below]. - Reconciliation
and Social Justice Library
Searchable, full text database. - Reconciliation Australia
‘Independent, not-for-profit organisation established in 2000 by the former Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation’. Media centre, resources, comment, material for schools, more. Their RAP Impact Measurement Report ‘details the significant milestones made by the growing RAP community’ Find out what it is and what it does, if it is possible for you to be involved and much more from this site. - The Stolen Generations’ Testimonies
‘An initiative to record on film the personal testimonies of Australia’s Stolen Generations Survivors and share them online’.