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Kakan dilly bags Delissa Walker On loan for Entwined courtesy of Cairns Art Gallery

Keeping culture alive through weaving

One of the most complex and beautiful examples of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander technology…

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Sketch of Aboriginal Australian Dundalli Sketch of Dundalli made by Silvester Diggles 5 December 1854

Dundalli: Aboriginal resistance hero

This blog is a summary of two articles, Dundalli (1820–1855) by Libby Connors and Aboriginal…

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Panoramic views from a grass-treed ridge on South Molle Island to the Whitsundays North Queensland 1985

Xanthorrhoeas - An Australian Explosive

This distinctive plant genus is found only in Australia, and different species occur in all…

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2021 National NAIDOC logo

NAIDOC Week 2021

In 2020, NAIDOC Week celebrations were postponed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In 2021, as…

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Some of the items included in the Deadly Threads exhibition Each item is photographed as part of conservation documentation record keeping

Behind the Seams: installing Deadly Threads at the State Library of Queensland

Deadly Threads is an exhibition that showcases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design expressed through…

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Congregation during a sermon at All Saints Anglican Church Erub Island 2011

‘The Coming of the Light’ Celebrating 150 years of Christianity in the Torres Strait 1 July 2021

Viewers are advised this blog contains culturally sensitive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander material and…

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