News View all news Return of Cultural Heritage Items From Germany to the Kaurna People Fri, 03 May 2024 The Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) had the honour of hosting a celebration for the return of four significant cultural heritage items to the Kaurna people in South Australia by the Grassi Museum, Leipzig Germany. Read more Return of the Gweagal Spears to the La Perouse Aboriginal Community Tue, 23 Apr 2024 Celebrating Cultural Diplomacy Ngirramanujuwal: The Art and Country of Jimmy Pike Exhibition Tue, 16 Apr 2024 AIATSIS and INPI Renew Cultural Ties via MoU Sat, 13 Apr 2024 Upcoming events View all events AIATSIS Summit 2024 We are pleased to partner with FPAV as co-conveners to deliver Summit 2024 in Naarm Read more Paper and Talk 2024 14 October 2024 to 25 October 2024 Podcasts Listen, learn and be inspired by the stories of Australia’s First Peoples. Listen now Blogs View all blogs 'Treaty' by Yothu Yindi Fri, 12 Jul 2019 ‘Treaty' was a worldwide hit and the first song by a mainly Aboriginal band to peak on the ARIA singles chart. Read more Indigenous languages in Australian parliaments Wed, 18 Mar 2020 In 2016, Malcom Turnbull made history by being the first prime minister to speak an Australian Indigenous language in a parliamentary speech. Read more Reuniting a collection of Brinja community material Fri, 06 May 2022 An extraordinary collection of drawings, sketches, maps and diagrams was uncovered in one of our vaults during a sorting process. Read more Aboriginal English Fri, 18 Feb 2022 Over the years, many Indigenous people have been forced to speak Standard Australian English (AusE) at the expense of ancestral language, Kriol, or Aboriginal English (AbE). Read more