Indigenous Australians
The Cultural Engagement Framework celebrates our diversity and creates opportunities for all Australians to participate in our cultural life. It includes:
- Indigenous Australians
- People with a disability
- Multicultural Australia
- Young people
- Regional and marginalised communities
Indigenous Australians
The Australia Council acknowledges the vibrancy and vitality of Indigenous Australian artists as a key element in the defining and celebrating of Australia. The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy provides the framework for Council’s engagement with Indigenous communities and artists. The policy describes how the principles of respect, authority, rights and responsibilities and diversity can be encouraged.
We recognise that Indigenous people’s opportunities to participate in and enjoy the arts may also be affected by issues relating to youth, disability, cultural diversity and living in regional or remote communities.
We aim to
- continue to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture
- continue to consult widely on developing new policies, initiatives and appropriate programs of assistance
- have all sections of the Australia Council take responsibility to support the professional development of Indigenous artists
- recognise the rights of Indigenous people to claim, control and enhance their cultural development and cultural maintenance through the arts.
We provide
- primary [identified] funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts in Australia
- specific initiatives in Arts Funding and Arts Development divisions of Council
- promotion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural protocols throughout the arts
- opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and artsworkers represent their rights and aspirations.
Stories
- Pemulwuy Dream Team
- Song Cycle Research project
- Head Full of Love
- dOCUMENTA – Hetti Perkins
- Hip Hop in the Wheatbelt
- Change Media
Current policies
Resources and Links
Current
- RESPECT – A Cross Council Awakening
- Music: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Music
- Writing: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Writing
- Visual Arts: Protocols for producing Indigenous Australian Visual Arts
- Media Arts: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Media Arts
- Performing Arts: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Performing Arts
Archived
- Indigenous Australian Auction Sales – 2008
- International Visitors and Indigenous Cultural Activities – 2008
- Indigenous Creative Participation – 2008
- Indigenous Attendance at Cultural Venues – 2008
- Indigenous Commercial Art Galleries – 2008
- Indigenous Employment in the Arts – 2008
- Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property: The main issues for indigenous arts industry in 2006 – 2006
- Creating Pathways 2005: National Indigenous Dance Forum – 2005
- Indigenous Arts Resource List – 2004
- How to market Indigenous Arts - 2003
- Indigenous programming and audience development – 2003
- Australia’s Indigenous Arts - 2000
Useful Links
- Artists in the Black – Arts Law Centre of Australia
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Tourism Research Australia
- Reconciliation Australia
- NAIDOC Week
- ABC – Indigenous
- NITV – National Indigenous Television
- National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
- Community Guide to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Social media