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'Miss Nicky Says' encourages children to learn who they are with new project ‘Pepeha’
Award-winning children's artist, Miss Nicky Says, is helping tamariki (children)...
Giovanni Torre 14 Sep 2026
'I paint to keep my country alive' - Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney wins Vincent Lingiari Art Award
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney of Artists of Ampilatwatja has won the prestigious $1...
Giovanni Torre 10 Sep 2026
Bangarra brings 'FuturesPast' home to Dharawal Country
Bangarra Dance Theatre will return to Dharawal Country this month for the exclus...
Joseph Guenzler 4 Sep 2026
State Library marks 200 years with Indigenous-led performance program
The State Library of NSW will mark its 200th anniversary with a six-week perform...
Joseph Guenzler 25 Aug 2026
Quandamooka Festival unveils 2026 music and cultural program
Quandamooka Festival will return to Minjerribah in September with two days of mu...
Joseph Guenzler 20 Aug 2026
Bangarra Dance Theatre brings cross-cultural collaboration to Pilbeam Theatre

After its acclaimed premiere in 2024, Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, is set to bring their first cross-cultural collaboratio...

August 12, 2026
'When language lives, culture lives': Dharug children’s book receives international recognition

For generations Aboriginal languages were silenced, suppressed, and pushed out of everyday life. However nowadays, Aboriginal communities are reclaiming those languages, strengthening them and creatin...

August 11, 2026
From the Central Desert to the Torres Strait: DAAF celebrates 20 years

This year's Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair gathered more than 75 stalls from Aboriginal art centres, each showcasing art, fashion and design rooted in the cultural histories of communities across Australi...

August 10, 2026
Wirriŋga Band to bring Yolŋu rock to CDU Open Day

Legendary Arnhem Land rock group Wirriŋga Band is set to perform at Charles Darwin University's Casuarina Open Day on Saturday, August 8.

August 5, 2026
Wiradjuri and Maori designer Ngaire Pakai reveals 'Way of Waybarra' collection at Country to Couture

Proud Wiradjuri and Māori designer Ngaire Pakai brought her creative flare to the Country to Couture runway. Having worked as a cultural facilitator for seven years at Speaking in Colour, and now...

August 5, 2026
Homegrown Bidgy Fest brings a world of music to remote community

Malanga Elder MJ Jadai sits in a garden outside an art centre in Bidyadanga, a remote Aboriginal community 200 kilometres south of Broome, as women swap brightly coloured clothes and children debate w...

July 30, 2026
Yindjibarndi artist brings Pilbara Country to NATSIAA

Yindjibarndi artist Allery Sandy has painted the Pilbara as a place of memory, culture and survival in her finalist work for the Telstra General Painting Award at the 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal...

July 23, 2026
Bangarra Dance Theatre and London-based Artistry Youth Dance announce new cultural exchange program

Bangarra Dance Theatre has announced an exciting new cultural exchange between London-based company, Artistry Youth Dance (AYD) and Bangarra Dance Theatre's Youth and Education Program.

July 15, 2026
Potter Museum of Art opens major exhibition exploring the enduring significance of Australia's iconic gum tree

The University of Melbourne's Potter Museum of Art has opened a major new exhibition: Ngarn Wa'ngal: Art of the gum tree. Running until November 21, the exhibition explores this tree as a source of cr...

July 10, 2026
Australian dance troupe earns deadly international gong

One of Australia's most celebrated First Nations performing arts organisations is set to be honoured with a prestigious international accolade.

July 10, 2026
Campfire stories given life in dreamy Opera House show

As a child, Mark Atkins felt like he lived on the fence, taking on both sides of his Black and white heritage. The son of an Irish father and an Indigenous Australian mother, Atkins grew up deliberate...

June 27, 2026
JJ Vacant makes his mark with new single 'Line Up'

Noongar, Wongi and Pitjantjatjara hip hop artist JJ Vacant is back with his new single 'Line Up', which debuted on triple j on Monday. The Boorloo-based MC has released the track after building nation...

June 22, 2026
Brewarrina voices carry language into classrooms across Australia

Children from Brewarrina will help teach Aboriginal language to students across Australia through the Indigenous Literacy Foundation's 2026 Busking For Change campaign.

June 22, 2026
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