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Senior artist Regina Pilawuk Wilson named Female Elder of the Year at Darwin NAIDOC awards
Senior Ngan'gikurrungurr artist and cultural leader Regina Pilawuk Wilson has be...
Natasha Clark 21 Jul 2026
Grassroots communities share storytelling to preserve environmental treasures
A cross-cultural storytelling project facilitated by the University of Newcastle...
Phoebe Blogg 18 Jul 2026
The paintings that became a road home for Warlpiri artists
Senior Warlpiri Elders have reunited with two landmark paintings crafted nearly...
Natasha Clark 17 Jul 2026
Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre marks NAIDOC Week with night market
Dozens gathered in the garden of Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre in Fit...
Natasha Clark 9 Jul 2026
Artback NT delegation strengthens First Nations cultural connections with Taiwan
Art has always been one of the oldest ways First Nations peoples have carried kn...
Nicole Brown 7 Jul 2026
Country painted by renowned artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye gains native title recognition

Traditional Owners from eight groups are set to have their native title rights formally recognised over more than 4,000 square kilometres of country in Central Australia, including the birthplace of r...

July 6, 2026
New Arts and Culture Hub opens in remote Kimberley community

On the far edge of Western Australia's Kimberley coast a vision held by Bardi Jawi Elders has become reality, after the Ingarlgalandij Arts and Culture Hub opened its doors in the remote community of...

June 22, 2026
Artback NT to lead First Nations delegation strengthening Northern Territory ties with Taiwan

Artback NT will lead a First Nations International Partnerships Bi-lateral Delegation to Taiwan this June, bringing together arts and cultural leaders from the Northern Territory and Taiwan to strengt...

June 18, 2026
Bluey translated into Yolŋu Matha for landmark NAIDOC Week initiative

The world's favourite blue heeler family will soon be speaking Yolŋu Matha, with the ABC announcing the hit children's series Bluey will be broadcast in a First Nations language for the first tim...

June 17, 2026
Community-built Ardyaloon art and culture hub prepares to open on Bardi Country

We are lucky with the wind today," Bardi man Russell Davey says, as women to his left carve etchings inside a light-filled warehouse. It is one of five buildings — including two studios, a galle...

June 17, 2026
Pop-up wardrobe brings new clothing to Fitzroy Crossing girls

In a town where the nearest department store is a four-hour drive away, racks of new dresses and accessories have transformed a Fitzroy Crossing hall in Western Australia's Kimberley region into a fre...

May 27, 2026
Netflix and Australian Film Television and Radio School announce $100,000 First Nations scholarship program

A new partnership between the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and Netflix ANZ will provide two scholarships valued at $50,000 to First Nations creatives, offering recipients access...

May 22, 2026
Broome’s first major local Indigenous play to premiere on home soil

Fran sits behind the wheel of a spotless Troopy, somewhere on the streets of Broome, quietly in command. Teenagers and relatives fill the car, voices overlapping with family tension and constant chatt...

May 21, 2026
Native American artist turns beadwork and family memory into a remarkable exhibition

Chicago-based multidisciplinary Lakota, Dakota and Shoshone artist Chelsea Bighorn is preparing new work shaped by beadwork, pleatwork, family memory and city architecture.

May 14, 2026
Borderline: Award-winning Sami siblings' debut film collaboration tells their story in their own Indigenous voice

These Sámi siblings are committed to ensuring Indigenous voices and perspective take their place in cinema, and not having it told by others.

May 12, 2026
D Lan Galleries and Pace Gallery to present Emily Kam Kngwarray in New York

D Lan Galleries, in collaboration with Pace Gallery, will present Emily Kam Kngwarray: The Turning Season, a major survey of one of Australia's most significant artists, on view in New York from May 1...

April 22, 2026
Yorta Yorta man turns beats into global film soundtracks

From a studio in regional Queensland, Tristan Barton is building a global reputation — one soundtrack at a time. The CQUniversity Bachelor of Music graduate has carved out a career composing for...

April 1, 2026
Banjima Traditional Owners take case to clean up Wittenoom to UN, receive Human Rights film award

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died.

March 27, 2026
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