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Scholar of the Year honour celebrates Indigenous leadership shaping the future
For more than 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have g...
Nicole Brown 21 Jul 2026
Yarrabah Arts & Cultural Precinct awarded inaugural Simone Arnol Textile Innovation Award
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following...
Phoebe Blogg 17 Jul 2026
Aboriginal leaders recognised at Hedland NAIDOC Awards
Aboriginal leaders from across Port and South Hedland, in Western Australia's Pi...
Natasha Clark 16 Jul 2026
Qantas Group honours eight at NAIDOC Awards marking 50 Years of Deadly
Qantas Group has honoured eight employees and allies at its 2026 NAIDOC Awards,...
Reece Harley 15 Jul 2026
National Indigenous Music Awards announce nominees, stacked live lineup
The 2026 National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) nominees have been announced,...
Joseph Guenzler 13 Jul 2026
Yanyuwa artist paints Coober Pedy Country for annual art awards

Yanyuwa artist George Cooley has painted the desert landscape around Coober Pedy in his finalist work for the Telstra General Painting Award at the 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait I...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 2, 2026
British Museum maps become paper dillybags / danala for NATSIAA finalist

Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman and KarraJarri artist Jenna Mayilema Lee has turned maps from the British Museum into paper danala for the Telstra Work on Paper Award at the 2026 Telstra National A...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 1, 2026
NATSIAA finalist brings together dreamscape, history and resistance

Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley has brought oil painting, politics and the Western canon together in his finalist work for the Telstra General Painting Award at the 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal an...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 1, 2026
Glass vessels hold family, culture and Country for NATSIAA finalist

Lower Southern Arrernte artist Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello OAM has used glass to hold family, culture and Country in her finalist work for the Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award at the 2026 Telstra Nat...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 30, 2026
NATSIAA returns with major showcase of First Nations art

The 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) will open in Darwin this weekend, with three First Nations artists, curators and cultural leaders named to judge th...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 26, 2026
ICONYX named NAIDOC Perth Artist of the Year

Kukutja Pintupi artist ICONYX has won NAIDOC Perth Artist of the Year, recognising years spent building a music career centred on culture, storytelling and giving people a voice.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 25, 2026
NIMAs back and ready to rock the Darwin Amphitheatre in 2026

The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) will return to the Darwin Amphitheatre in Garramilla/Darwin with a live performance bill led by Yolŋu rapper, dancer and artist Baker Boy.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 23, 2026
Explainer: What is NAIDOC Week?

In 2026, NAIDOC Week will officially celebrate its 50th anniversary under the theme 50 Years of Deadly. Each year, for a week beginning on the first Sunday in July, Australians celebrate the achieveme...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 22, 2026
Fitzroy Crossing police recognised at WA awards

Fitzroy Crossing Police Station has been recognised at the WA Police Recognition of Excellence Awards, taking out two team honours. The station, which covers one of WA's largest and most remote polici...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jun 22, 2026
'Proud': hall of fame status for Indigenous musician

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died.

Jaru and Yindjibarndi doctor receives WA Day Award for health leadership

A Jaru and Yindjibarndi doctor has been recognised for his work improving health care for some of Western Australia's most vulnerable people.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jun 4, 2026
Stephen Pigram honoured for lifetime contribution to First Nations music

The Pigram Brothers have helped shape the sound of modern Broome. Their music has captured the saltwater, humour and tough spirit of the town in a way which reached far beyond the Kimberley.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jun 2, 2026
Creative Australia announces First Nations Arts and Culture Awards recipients

Creative Australia has announced this year's recipients of the First Nations Arts and Culture Awards at a private ceremony held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg May 29, 2026
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