For thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have been surviving on “bush tucker” and foods provided by the outback. Aboriginals were hunters and gatherers, hunting wildlife to provide meat and gathering fruits, seeds and insects for their daily meals. Each season, weather conditions and geographi …

The original occupants of the great southern land represent just over three percent of the entire population - but they punch well above their weight in representing the nation in all fields from performance to politics.From sports stars like Cathy Freeman to personalities like Ernie Dingo, many Ind …

Australia has a rich Indigenous history dating back tens of thousands of years and evolving over hundreds of generations. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities maintain strong connections to their culture, language and traditional lands and view the world with a spiritual lens that is un …

Conveying and persevering cultural stories, traditions, and beliefs, Aboriginal art was the principal written language of ancient Indigenous Australians. From legends of the Dreamtime to renderings of animals, humans and the land – Aboriginal art is a sacred form of communication. It is also the old …

Often flown alongside the Australian National Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag, the Australian Aboriginal Flag holds a special legal and political status in the community, originally beginning its life to help protesters earn recognition in the land rights movement.In the late 1960s the Aust …

NAIDOC Week in AustraliaWhat is NAIDOC Week? NAIDOC stands for National Aboriginal and Indigenous Day Observation Committee. It has its origins in National Mourning Day in 1938, becoming a week-long event in 1975. Aboriginal Australian groups strive to raise public awareness of the status and t …