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AIATSIS holds the world's largest collection dedicated to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories.
Art and Object
Vicki West, Armour, 2018.
The Art and Object collection reflects the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural expression.
The collection includes drawings, paintings, textiles, weavings, woodcarvings, and mixed-media objects.
Mura®
Mura is a word from the Ngunnawal language meaning pathway.
Search Mura for manuscript, books, serials, photographic, and audiovisual materials.
AustLang
AustLang provides information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.
The core of AustLang is a database which assembles information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages from a number of sources.
Photographic
The digitised component of the Photographic collection dates from the late 1800s to the present day.
Subjects range from documenting significant events, people and places to capturing daily life.
Datasets
The provision of datasets to explore and reuse in research and creative pursuits aims to support the resurgence of culture for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in all parts of the country.
Finding Aids (Audio, Manuscript and Moving Image)
Finding aids are tools to help find particular items or content within large collections. They include lists or descriptions of the contents, and contextual information. Finding aids have been created for a large number of Manuscript and Audiovisual collections.