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The Kakadu region has gone through immense transformation throughout history. How can archaeological food scraps tell us about how the First Australians adapted?
Some 17,000 years ago, Aboriginal artists often depicted kangaroos, fish, birds, reptiles, echidnas and plants — especially yams.
Cultures around the world call the Pleiades constellation ‘seven sisters’, even though we can only see six stars today. But things looked quite different 100,000 years ago
Police played a unique role in many settler colonies executing assimilationist policies designed to dismantle First Nations families.
An Aboriginal tree on Wiradjuri Country is much younger than anybody thought.
The destruction of the 46,000 year old site Juukan Gorge forces us to confront archaeology and history in Australia.
The bushfire royal commission will look at incorporating Aboriginal knowledge into mainstream fire management. But in practice, what does that mean?
An honest reckoning with Captain Cook’s legacy won’t heal things overnight. But it’s a start.
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The impact of 1770 has never eased for Aboriginal people. It was a collision of catastrophic proportions.
Incidents from Cook’s first voyage highlight themes relevant in Indigenous-settler relations today: environmental care, reconciliation and governance. This collision of beliefs, it seems, wasn’t lost on Cook.
Jimmy Chi’s 1990 musical is given its first major stage revival – and leaves the audience singing along.
As Australia picks up the pieces after the fires, we must understand the unique grief Aboriginal people experience from a loss of country.
Many Indigenous people tell us they find hospitals stressful, uncomfortable and alienating. Here’s how good design can help.
The Flinders Ranges in South Australia is Adnyamathanha Country. A country of 600 million-year-old fossils and 45,000-year-old living culture.
Dasiqox Tribal Park offers a powerful example of what true reconciliation can mean for Canada when Indigenous peoples and their rights are respected and upheld.
We now have a proven model for supporting self-determined building on Aboriginal homelands. The next question is how can its reach be extended?
How do you return Aboriginal remains to their place of origin when you have no record of where they came from? Look to a chemical element that’s laid down in teeth as people grow up.
Etchings over much earlier Aboriginal engravings show foreign whalers made contact with Australia’s remote northwest long before colonial settlement of the area.
Aboriginal songs found in the notebooks of a Victorian anthropologist shed light on the mystery of a ‘captive white woman’ that has been debated for generations.
The image, depicting a group of Indigenous people resisting their enslavement, predates the next oldest image by 75 years.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia
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ARC Future Fellow, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in Archaeology, Flinders University
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Professor, School of Science, Western Sydney University
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ARC Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor, RMIT University
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Kimberley Chair in Rock Art and Professor of Australian Archaeology, Centre for Rock Art Research and Management, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Arney Chong Consulting and Positive Futures Research, University of South Australia
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Pro Vice Chancellor, Aboriginal Leadership, University of Tasmania
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Claire Smith is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
