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Eddie Koiki Mabo led a landmark legal case that succeeded in overturning the fiction of terra nullius – ‘land belonging to no one’. What motivated Mabo to take on a ten-year legal challenge?

The AIATSIS map is a visual reminder of the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia.

The Aboriginal flag was designed by Luritja artist Harold Thomas.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have occupied the lands and waters of Australia for millennia. Since the beginning of colonisation, Australia’s First peoples have defended their lands and waters and asserted their rights to their homelands. Learn about a few of the historical moments of the land rights movement in Australia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the first peoples of Australia with many different and distinct groups, each with their own culture, language, beliefs and practices. It is because of this diversity that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples identify in lots of different ways.

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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander songs have told the stories of the land as it changed over thousands of years, transforming into ranges, rivers and water holes. They have sung into being people’s culture and their connection to country as a living thing.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been living sustainably off their waters for thousands of years. Fishing is both sustenance and cultural practice informed by ecological knowledge.