3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (260+ words) Townsville will mark 50 years of National NAIDOC with the launch of the Gurambilbarra NAIDOC Gala Awards Night later this year. The event will recognise the contributions of First Nations people, organisations and businesses across the Townsville region as communities nationally…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (409+ words) Opening Thursday with a momentous celebration of desert art and culture in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Desert Mob has returned for 2026. Desert Mob is presented by Desart, the peak body for Central Australian Aboriginal art centres. The event's exciting program will…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (296+ words) Two of Australia's leading First Nations-owned literary organisations, Magabala Books and Blak & Bright, have launched First Stories Collective, a national network for Blak storytelling and publishing. Registration is now open for Blak creators from every corner of the country, across…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (423+ words) Arts & Cultural Exchange has officially unveiled Seed to Sky, the first on-Country artist residency launched by ACE's youth collective Still Growing. Delivered in partnership with BigCi, on the edge of Wollemi National Park on Dharug Country, the inaugural residency takes…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (596+ words) When he was a little boy, Aboriginal people weren't allowed in town so Don Rowlands lived on the banks of the Diamantina River. Sometimes at night he'd see ghostly white figures creeping through the camp outside Birdsville, in the border…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (506+ words) Yawuru Elder and respected Indigenous leader Dr Patrick Dodson has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Notre Dame Australia. The honour recognises Dodson's decades of work advocating for Aboriginal people and his contribution to reconciliation,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (549+ words) The State Library of NSW will mark its 200th anniversary with a six-week performance festival featuring new works from Nunukul and Munaldjali artist Stephen Page and Kalkadunga composer William Barton. Running across September and October, the program will include performances, talks…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (500+ words) Māori and Pasifika choral singers from Aotearoa, showing off their Polynesian pride on the other side of the planet, have redefined stereotypes of the traditions of church choirs inside just two years following an elite gold-medal performance at the 2026 World…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (353+ words) Health practitioners working with Aboriginal people will be able to move from screening at-risk clients directly into culturally informed interviews and treatment planning online. A digital expansion of the Westerman Aboriginal Symptom Checklist (WASC), developed by renowned psychologist and Nyamal…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (821+ words) Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland lecturer Dr Sarah McLean-Orsborn has been recognised with the Faculty of Arts and Education Early Career Teaching Award. Based in Te Wānanga o Waipapa, School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies, Dr McLean-Orsborn has…...