Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander links
This page contains links to web sites across a range of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Studies areas. All links on this page point to
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Categories
Archaeology
Archaeology World" at the Australian National University has information about Australia as well as links to other Archaeology resources.
Art
Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists
Links to Aboriginal owned and operated Art Centres' websites in the Top End of the Northern Territory, north of Western Australia and throughout Central Australia
Desart, The Association of Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Centres http://www.tjulyuru.com Tjulyuru Cultural and Civic Centre, Warburton
Australia Council for the Arts, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts
National Gallery of Australia collection of Indigenous art
Comprehensive site on Central and East Arnhem Land art, artists, communities, culture and landscape. The Memorial is an installation of 200 painted hollow log coffins by 43 artists. The Memorial is dedicated to all Aboriginal people who have lost their lives defending their country since European settlement.
Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct
Bringing Them Home: the stolen generations report (1997)
These pages from within the PANDORA archived ATSIC site include information about Link-Up services, contact details for Link-Up services, information about the Taskforce, a link to the Bringing them Home report, ATSIC's submission to the National Inquiry and other related information.
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Caring for country
In 1995 the Northern Land Council created the Caring for Country Unit to help Aboriginal landowners deal with the new land and sea management challenges they faced and to consider commercial enterprises promising environmentally sustainable development
The Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Indigenous Australian
programs
This Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management publication is a landmark document addresing traditional owner involvement throughout the Burdekin Dry Tropics region
Helen Nunggalurr describes some of laws and customs which relate to the use and management of her clan's resources http://www.wettropics.gov.au/rah/rah_our_future.html There are more than 20 Aboriginal tribal groups with ongoing traditional connections to land in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
The Burrup Peninsula is the largest land mass in the Dampier Archipelago. It has the largest collection of petroglyphs ( rock art ) in the world. The Dampier Rock Art Precinct is under threat from industry. The National Trust of Australia (WA) has created this website to campaign for its protection.
Ceremony
The Djungguwan of North-East Arnhem Land. Through song, dance, art and ritual, the Yolngu people of northeast Arnhem Land pass on their sacred knowledge.
Children and families
Secretariat National Aboriginal Islander Child Care
Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi – Doing Good Work for Families in Central Australia
Climate change
Sharing knowledge
Community action and development
Balkanu focuses on economic development for Aboriginal communities in Cape York
The Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) works to secure sustainable livelihoods
for communities of Indigenous people through appropriate technology
Cape York Partnerships - Organisations working together for Cape York Indigenous people
Dubbo Koori Interagency Network
Irati Wanti: Archived site. Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta, the Senior Aboriginal
Women from Coober Pedy, South Australia, say no to a radioactive dump in
their ngura (country)
Jarlmadangah Burru Aboriginal community, Derby WA is dedicated to the maintenance of Nyikina-Mangala law and culture
Indigenous Community Volunteers (ICV) is an independent, not-for-profit company that offers support to Indigenous communities to pursue their community development goals in their own way
Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation, Alice Springs
Conferences and seminars
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council 7th
National Assembly
Conference papers
World's Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education 2008. See 'Merchandise" to
puchase papers from the WIPCE Conference
Treaty - Advancing Reconciliation - A National Conference in a Global Context Concerning Racism, Land and Reconciliation When: 26 -28 June 2002, Perth WA
Reconciliation Australia Indigenous Governance Conference. Canberra, April 2002
A national conference to facilitate public debate about reparations for the stolen generations was held on 15 & 16 August 2001 in Sydney.The conference was hosted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
Cultural awareness
A two-day cultural awareness experience operated in Victoria by Gunditjmara/Kirrae Wurrong people
Why Warriors Pty Ltd (Cross cultural solutions for working with Indigenous people)
Cultural Centres, Keeping Places, Indigenous Knowledge Centres, online cultural
collections
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Indigenous Knowledge Centres, Queensland
Libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Centres, Northern Territory
Australian Museum, Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney; Stories of the
Dreaming
Awaba, a guide to the history, culture and language of the Indigenous peoples of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of NSW
An archive of important information about the Yanyuwa people of the Gulf of Carpenteria
Cultural Centre of the Yuin people of Coastal NSW http://www.tjapukai.com.au Tjapukai Aboriginal
Cooramah Aboriginal Cultural Centre
Brambuk – the National Park and Cultural Centre
Koorie Heritage Trust
Tandanya
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Cultural protocols
Australian Government. Cultural Protocols relating to deaths in Indigenous
communities
Guidelines and protocols for NSW public schools and TAFES (PDF)
Dance
Bangarra Dance Theatre
NAISDA - National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Corporation
Descendance Aboriginal & Torrest Strait Islander Dance Theatre
Directories of Indigenous Services and Business
Koori Community: Business, Culture, and Service groups
On-line Indigenous Business and Community Services Directory
Register of Aboriginal Corporations
IndigOz - Indigenous Australian Internet portal
Education
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website. Includes links to Indigenous education groups, and a link to the paper "Murra: Guidelines for the Evaluation of Indigenous Content on the WWW"
Garma Cultural Studies Institute - a Yolngu education initiative
ABC Education report transcript - A new blueprint for improving Aboriginal education, interview with Dr Paul Hughes et al
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Indigenous Education
Reconciliation at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Dare to Lead, a Commonwealth funded national project with a focus on
improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students.
Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience
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Events/important dates
Yabun Festival, held in Sydney on Survival Day - 26 January
Survival Day 26 January
Survival Day - 26 January
Australia Day website, Indigenous
1938 Day of Mourning and Protest, 26 January, 1938
National Reconciliation Week – May/June each year
Sorry Day, 26 May each year
National Sorry Day Committee
Mabo Day – 3 June
Coming of the Light – 1 July
NAIDOC Week - July each year
NAIDOC posters – 1972-2007
Queensland Museum exhibition
National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day - August 4th
International Day of the World's Indigenous People - August 9th
Stolen Generations Alliance
Significant Aboriginal events in Sydney
Significant Pilbara Indigenous events
Festivals
Australia's International Indigenous festival
Croc Festival® is an innovative event held annually in a number of locations around Australia that builds partnerships whilst celebrating youth and culture in rural and remote communities
StylinUP is Brisbane's annual R&B, HipHop, Indigenous dance and music festival
Garma Festival
Laura Dance Festival
Merrenpen Festival
Tarerer Festival
General
This Virtual Library site is the most comprehensive for Indigenous links and information
Vicnet includes many Aboriginal resources and links
ABC TV's Indigenous Program Unit along with the Indigenous Radio programs Awaye!, Speaking Out and ABC Multimedia proudly bring to you this site - "Message Stick". The site is designed to be a tremendous resource for accessing information about the ABC's Indigenous production across Radio, Television and the Web and a useful information source for business, media and education on Indigenous issues such as protocol as well as intellectual copyright and culture.
Vibe Australia - music, sport, entertainment, lifestyle, good links
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Government
The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs,
Indigenous people
Indigenous Coordination Centres (ICCs)
Australian Government. Indigenous Portal
Health
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Welfare Unit
Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network
Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet. The Indigenous Health Clearinghouse website
Australian Indigenous Health Infonet - Yarning Places. Yarning topics include: hearing, cardiovascular, road safety, substance misuse, social and emotional wellbeing, nutrition, and Western Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network
Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit, Vic Health - The Unit pursues a research practice philosophically grounded in Koori cultural values that supports Koori self-determination. Website includes aims and strategic goals, newsletter and other publications
Aboriginal Culture for Health Workers - a Training Manual. Gordon O'Brien & Daniel Plooij, Flinders University, SA
Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal
Health
Mt Theo program is the primary organisation responsible for addressing substance misuse in the Warlpiri region
Yorgum aims to offer Aboriginal people an autonomous, Aboriginal-specific, community-based, counselling and referral service
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Heritage
The Aboriginal Heritage Office is a joint initiative by Lane Cove, Manly, North Sydney, Warringah and Willoughby councils, in a progressive move to protect Aboriginal Heritage in these areas.
The Burrup Peninsula is the largest land mass in the Dampier Archipelago. It has the largest collection of petroglyphs ( rock art ) in the world. The Dampier Rock Art Precinct is under threat from industry. The National Trust of Australia (WA) has created this website to campaign for its protection.
History
First Australians, SBS
Australian Aboriginal Soldiers Home Page includes history and information on Aboriginal involvement in the Australian military
Website companion to the ABC-TV documentary Frontier. Includes new interactive material specially prepared for the Web, on-line discussion
Northern Land Council, describes the history and activities of the organisation, and some of the history of the Top End of the Northern Territory
Australian Archives Indigenous records. Outlines Indigenous records held by Australian Archives. Record searches and photo searches may be undertaken
Tracking the Native Police tells the story of the Victorian Native Police Corps from 1837 - 1852
Homepage for Aboriginal History Inc. Includes index to Aboriginal History Journal and list of monograph publications
Collaborating for Indigenous Rights
The Koori History Website
Human rights
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commission, Racial Discrimination
The full text of the "Bringing Them Home" Report
Indigenous policy
Australian Policy Online: Indigenous is an open access collection of public policy research featuring a major
section on Indigenous issues. The site covers the latest research reports and
articles on Indigenous health, culture, policy, education, housing, communities,
etc and much more
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.Researches Torres Strait Islander issues. Current research themes are: 1. Economic, cultural and social circumstances; 2. Economic development aspirations and sustainable futures; 3. Governance, policy and the state; 4.Education and learning for life
International
Centre for World Indigenous Studies site, Fourth World Documentation Project. Includes the latest Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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Land Rights and Native Title
Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements (ATNS) project is an ARC Linkage project examining treaty and agreement-making with Indigenous Australians and the nature of the cultural, social and legal rights encompassed by past, present and potential agreements and treaties
Native Title resources are available on-line from this site
National Native Title Tribunal
Website of the National Treaty Support Group
Information on land rights in the Northern Territory, land management, visiting Aboriginal land and doing business on Aboriginal land in the Top End
Central Land Council. Includes information on land use, land acquisition, mining, permits in central and south Northern Territory. Also has full text for the publication Our Land, Our Life
Australian Legal Information Institute, includes searchable databases of Australian cases and legislation and Indigenous law resources
Languages
The AUSTLANG database enables users to search for a language by a language name or a place name, or by navigating Google Maps, and to view a variety of information on the language.
The Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages (FATSIL) website. FATSIL is the national body for community based Indigenous language progams in Australia
Our Languages
Aboriginal Languages Network
Ngapartji Ngapartji is an online Pitjantjatjara language and culture site
Virtual Library for Australian Indigenous languages
Norman B. Tindale's catalogue of Australian language groups and map
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Language Teachers' Circle
Law
Archived report: Our culture our future: Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights. Report on Australian Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights.
Legal Information Institute, includes searchable database
The Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council (AJAC) provides advice to the NSW Government on law and justice issues affecting Aboriginal peoples
Magistrate’s Court of Victoria, Koori Court
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Libraries
Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Library Resource Network, includes
link to Protocols
Mura Gadi: an online guide to manuscripts, pictures and oral histories in the National Library of Australia relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
"White Australia has a Black History": Sources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in the National Library of Australia
State Library of Queensland Indigenous Library Services, includes links to 'Footprints before me' and 'A gift of presence'
State Library of NSW portal of Australian Indigenous Services
Media
Gadigal Information Services, Sydney www.gme.com.au/ Goolarri is fully owned by Broome Aboriginal Media Association (BAMA)
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA)
Imparja Television. Private, Indigenous-owned television broadcasting company
Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association (TEABBA)
Warlpiri Media Association
ABC Indigenous. Access information about the ABC's Indigenous production
across radio, television and the web and a useful information source for
business, media and education on Indigenous issues such as protocol as
well as intellectual copyright and culture
PY Media, Ngaanyatjarra Media and APY communities
National Indigenous Television
IndigiTUBE – the voice of remote Indigenous Australia
Mental health
Blank Page Summit on Suicide will be the first time the new WA Government will sit down on country with the people of theKimberley to find ways to stop Indigenous people killing themselves
Living is for everyone. Developed by the Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet ) as part of its commitment to facilitating networks for information exchange and learning under the Australian Government National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS)
Music
Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre. Site includes Didgeridoo University
Black Image is a 6 piece indigenous band from Wujal Wujal, Hope Vale and Cooktown in Queensland, Australia.
Website of Djalu Gurruwiwi, renowned yirdaki craftsman
For the promotion and enjoyment of traditional Arnhem Land music
Website of the Yabu Band
Yothu Yindi's site - read about the band, hear music clips etc.
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Newspapers
Koori Mail http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au:1084/search InfoKoori - comprehensive, searchable index to articles published in the Koori Mail, produced by the State Library of New South Wales
National Indigenous Times
Northern Territory Intervention
Northern Territory Library Guide offering select items on the Northern Territory Intervention
Philanthropy
Australian Indigenous Guide to Philanthropy
The Lumbu Indigenous Community Foundation was Australia's first Indigenous controlled, national philanthropic foundation. No longer active
The Catherine Freeman Foundation works with community organisations, businesses, schools and other philanthropists to provide opportunities and environments which encourage disadvantaged individuals and communities to achieve positive change
Fountain for youth is a non-profit charitable organisation for the purpose of alleviation and treatment of illness and disease in children under the age of twenty
Reconciliation
Reconciliation Australia
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTAR)
Share Our Pride: an introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
People and their culture, and to building respectful relationships
Science
CSIRO Indigenous Engagement
Indigenous knowledge in Science Education
Network is an email exchange of ideas between members of Australian Science teachers and Australiasian Science Education Research Association since 1998
Indigenous Science Club, University of Western Australia
Primary Connections: Linking Science with Literacy – includes Indigenous
perspectives
Social work
National Coalition of Indigenous Australian Social Workers Inc.
Theatre/performing arts
Indigenous theatre blog spot
Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre Company , Western Australia
Ilbijerri Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-op
Torres Strait Islands
Torres Strait Regional Authority
Torres Strait News online
Torres Strait Islander flag information
Ilan Pasin: this is our way. Torres Strait Art education kit
Tagai State College, Torres Strait
Torres Shire Council
Mabo: the native title revolution
Tourism / Aboriginal Tour Operators
Aboriginal Tour Operators
Indigenous Tourism web portal
Tjakupai Aboriginal Cultural Park
Youth
Message Club, ABC
IndigiTUBE
Us Mob is a 7-part 'choose your own adventure' series set in the central desert of Australia
Walks
The Long Walk, Michael Long
The Drumley Walk
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