Collection of John and Barbara Wilkerson An art movement’s origins usually can’t be pinpointed, but boldly patterned Aboriginal acrylic painting first appeared at a specific time and place.

Rob Collins and a team of First Nations investigators delve into 65,000 years of Aboriginal Australian invention, looking at how landscapes were transformed, how events were recorded, the use of ...

In 1993, a literal lightbulb moment led to the invention of the first white light emitting diode (LED). These LEDs are now used to light up everything from our streets to our homes to this screen ...

Show more In 1993, a literal lightbulb moment led to the invention of the first white ... and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP. (Photo: Shuji Nakamura speaks during a news conference with ...

The act had a pervasive effect on daily living for Kooris in New South Wales. It established local Aboriginal land councils, setting out their constitutions, membership rules and functions.

Tasmanian Aboriginal elder Jim Everett vowed not to recognise the courts after being charged with trespass while protesting against native forest logging. He said he became "sick of waiting" to be ...

How did they build their first houses? By observing other settlers’ houses and Aboriginal construction technologies. The ingredients were bush poles, stringybark sheeting, timber battens, all held ...

The Aboriginal past, rather than provide an avenue for reconciliation ... launched by Dr Michael Connor over the last two and a half years in a series of articles and interviews, and in his new book ...

Othello was staged at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg during the apartheid regime in South Africa. The Immorality Act, which banned sexual relationships between white people and non-white people, ...

We have a strong commitment to increasing employment opportunities and improving career pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a range of opportunities - these include: ...