Repatriation

Howitt & Fison's anthropology

Howitt and Fison carried out some of the earliest anthropological research in Australia and left extensive archival materials on language, kinship, and social organisation.

Message sticks: Long-distance communication in Indigenous Australia

Message sticks are marked wooden objects that were once used throughout Indigenous Australia to convey important information between communities.

The Relational Museum and its Objects

The project explored the role of the concept 'relational museum' in enabling the rich resources of cultural institutions to contribute to bringing different communities together.

Kiacatoo Man: biology, archaeology and environment at the Last Glacial Maximum. What were the origins of the first Australians, and how have they changed through time?

What were the origins of the first Australians, and how have they changed through time?

Vitality and change in Warlpiri songs at Yuendumu

Vitality and change in Warlpiri songs at Yuendumu.

Re-integrating Central Australian community cultural collections

This project has digitised 17,564 files of legacy images, audio and video (5.92TB) in the Central Land Council (CLC) region of the Northern Territory pertaining to Indigenous people, their cultural

How Meston's 'Wild Australia Show' shaped Australian Aboriginal history

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Mura Maarni: Chasing Mob through the Archives

Mura Maarni is a cultural methodology which provides a mechanism to repatriate cultural knowledge stolen from Aboriginal communities and retained in archives.

Repatriation, healing and wellbeing: understanding success for repatriation policy and practice

A shared understanding of success is critical for best practice in repatriation.