Our Australian Indigenous Heritage

Australia has an important heritage from its Indigenous people, which plays a defining role in the cultural landscape.

Find out more about Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage including information about the land, national parks, languages, kinship, tools, the Dreaming, sacred sites, performance, visual arts and tourism.

Photo: Visit by Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin, a Narungga, Wirangu, Wotjobaluk woman and Deputy Chair of the Australian Council for the Arts to Ghana in July 2018. Lee-Ann’s engagements with the Ghanaian art community helped to highlight the importance of art as a tool for cultural preservation and economic development.