THE attention of the public in Australia has again been directed to the urgent problem of the aborigines and their reserves. On this occasion the method employed to secure its consideration has ...

DR. RAMSAY SMITH classifies the myths and legends of the Australian aborigines which he has collected in this volume into ‘origins’, that is, stories of the creation and beginnings of things ...

Lisa Jackson Pulver is a unique Jew: An Aboriginal Australian from the tribe of Wiradjuri, she is a leader in Aboriginal health issues, president of her Orthodox synagogue — and recently she was ...

“If you can buy a metal fishhook and a fishing line for $30, why would you spend days making this beautiful hook?” Langton is chair of the University of Melbourne’s Aboriginal and Torres ...

Each Aborigine is responsible for "holding" fragments of a complex mythological mosaic known as the Dreaming, the creation stories of how their starkly beautiful land was formed and how its people ...

For many Australians, the dingo is a cultural icon. Canis lupus dingo. Source: AAP Dingoes have a prominent role in Aboriginal culture, featuring in stories, ceremonies and cave paintings.

Asia Society Museum presents Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala ... Yolŋu describe them as “maḏayin”—a term that encompasses both the sacred and the beautiful.

Put on Your Seatbelt” and “Walawuru Iti Katitja: An Eagle Story,” shed light on everyday challenges faced by Indigenous ...