On This Day
On this day: Batman treaty annulled
Creating 177 years of controversy, Batman’s treaty to buy Melbourne’s land from Aboriginal people was repealed.
Tag: Indigenous Australia
On This Day
On this day: Bennelong was kidnapped
Bennelong was taken by the British to teach settlers about Indigenous culture.
On This Day
On this day: William Buckley
Over 200 years ago on this day, William Buckley’s unlikely emergence spawned the phrase: ‘Buckley’s chance’.
On This Day
On this day: Wave Hill indigenous protest
After a nine-year protest started in 1966, the Gurindji became the first Aboriginal people to reclaim their land.
On This Day
On this day: Aboriginal Australians get Uluru back
It was 25 years ago that Uluru was officially returned to its Aboriginal traditional owners.
News
Aboriginal culture preserved online
An ambitious project is taking the world’s largest ethnographic collection global.
History & Culture
Mapping Indigenous language across Australia
Mapping more than 250 traditional tongues from across Australia was not an easy feat.
History & Culture
Reviving Aboriginal languages
An incredible project aims to revive more than 250 languages once spoken across Australia.
History & Culture
People of the Great Victoria Desert, WA
For 600 generations, the resilient Pila Nguru people have inhabited one of Australia’s harshest environments.