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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art is an expression of people’s identity, culture, spirituality and relationships to Country. It tells stories of ceremony and Creation and connects people to ancestors and kin. Learn about what you can do to support its ethical trade.

Most people have heard of the Stolen Generations and its impacts. But few know about another equally insidious policy that has also inflicted harm across many generations. This policy was called Aboriginal Exemption.

For many Australians, heritage often means old buildings, our nation’s many national parks or the places that make Australia special. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, heritage is a part of your identity.

In Australia there are more than 250 Indigenous languages including 800 dialects. Each language is unique to a particular place and people.

Have you ever looked at the Australian $50 note and wondered about the dignified man that peers pensively into the distance? Why is he looking so thoughtful? What was so special about him that he has been immortalised on our currency?

William Ferguson founded the Aboriginal Progressive Association and led protests at the 1938 National Day of Mourning. He would become one of the most famous and important Aboriginal rights activists in Australian history.

Henry Gibson Dan or Seaman Dan as he was affectionately known, was the ripe age of seventy when he released his first album with music producer, Karl Neuenfeldt. Undoubtedly Australia’s oldest ‘gigging’ musician and recording artist, Seaman Dan continued to delight audiences well into his eighties.

On 27 May 1967, the majority of Australians voted 'Yes' to change the Constitution to remove two references that discriminated against Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander peoples. It was one of the most successful national campaigns in Australia’s history.

Once an everyday item for Aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia, possum skin cloaks were worn for warmth, used as baby carriers, coverings at night, drums in ceremony and for burial.

The Sorry Books are a powerful record of the personal responses of Australians to the unfolding history of the Stolen Generations.