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Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property

The collections in AIATSIS' care contain Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property relating to sites, cultural expressions, heritage, performance, art, and design.

This Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge belongs to the respective custodians and knowledge holders. AIATSIS strives to care for collections in ways that respect and uphold cultural protocols.

Conditions of use

The images on this site are provided for personal or educational viewing. Users are not permitted to copy, reproduce or circulate copies of the images.

If you wish to request copies of images, please complete this form . Copies may be provided subject to access and use conditions imposed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, copyright owners and / or depositors.

It is a condition of use of this site, that users ensure that any disclosure of information in this site is consistent with the views and sensitivities of the relevant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge holders.

Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and gain permission for their use.

If you have information regarding any of the images included in this collection, please contact us via this form .

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Sensitivity warning

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website contains content that may be culturally sensitive.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website contains images, sounds and names of deceased persons. Please be advised that some collection items may contain images of people not yet identified, and some historical images contain nudity.

Please also be aware that this site contains phrases or words that are outdated and reflect attitudes of the creator at the time. These phrases or words may now be considered offensive and have been retained as part of the historical record.