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Aboriginal art at the Musee du Quai Branley

Mamaa: the untouchable ones” Ngarinyin Art Corporation exhibition at Australia House photo courtesy Louise Jefferson

"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture contributes to the richness and diversity that is contemporary Australian culture--from the north-west of the Kimberley region to Arnhem Land, across to the Torres Strait to the eastern and southern seaboards.The arts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are valued and supported in Australia and on the international arts scene." Source: Australia Council National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts

Indigenous cultural and intellectual property: the main issues for the Indigenous arts industry in 2006 by Terri Janke and Robynne Quiggin. An overview of the most pressing issues for the recognition of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property (ICIP) in 2006.

On 20 June 2007 the Parliament of Australia’s Senate Committee Inquiring into Australia’s Indigenous visual arts and craft sector provide its final report to Parliament – View the report “Indigenous Art, Securing the Future, Australia’s Indigenous visual arts and craft sector.”

Arts Law Centre of Australia is a not for profit community based organisation. Our focus is on advising all Indigenous artists, communities and arts organisations around Australia, who have, or are experiencing arts related problems.

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external links

• AIATSIS
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resourse links
• Aboriginal Art from Australia webring
• Aboriginal Art Online
• Aboriginal Art Print Network
• Aboriginal Art Shop
• Aboriginal Artwork
• Aboriginal Australia
  Aboriginal Australia brings you access to over fifty Aboriginal enterprises offering a range of authentic Aboriginal products, services and information. As Australia's first publicly listed web company with significant Aboriginal ownership, we aim to become the leading web marketer for Aboriginal art, craft, books, travel, information and cultural items, a one-stop shop for those interested in the world's oldest living cultures. We are committed to the economic advancement of Indigenous Australians, providing marketing and services not readily accessible to them otherwise.
• Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Keeping Place
• Aboriginal Dreamings Gallery
  Aboriginal Bark Painting and Aboriginal Art
• Aboriginal fine arts gallery
  'Paintings by Some of Australia's Most Prominent Aboriginal Artists. Largest collection of Aboriginal art on the net.'
• Aboriginal Memorial
  National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
• Aboriginal Studies for Literature Students
  Jack Davis
• Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre
  Pwerte Marnte Marnte Aboriginal Corporation
• Alcaston Gallery
• A New Understanding of Culture and Communication
  The Impact of Technology on Indigenous Peoples
• Arnhemland Art Gallery
• Australian Aboriginal Art,
  OneWorld Magazine
• Australia Council ATSIA
• Australian Souvenirs Aboriginal Art & CraftBirrung Gallery (formerly Walkabout Art) is a World Vision Australia initiative that provides unique Indigenous artwork to collectors and art lovers around the world. Through the sale of fine arts, Birrung Gallery raises funds for Indigenous community development, including employment training at our Sydney gallery, scholarships for Indigenous students and preventative health, social, cultural, economic and governance activities in rural and remote Australia.
• Blackout
• Black Mujik Aboriginal Art and Music
• Bond Aboriginal Art
• Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative
• Boomerang Art
• Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre
• Brit's Art & Promotion
  Melbourne Rep for German-based gallery
• Bronwyn Bancroft
  Contemporary Aboriginal artist

• Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
  Famous Aboriginal artist from the end of the C20th.
• Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery
  Oldest Aboriginal art Gallery in Australia.
• Corroboree Exports
• Creative Native
• cyberTribe Indigenous Art
  Online Gallery that aims to encourage the production and exhibition of Indigenous Art with a focus on the digital.
• David Unaipon Award
• Literary award for Aboriginal writers
  
• Desart
  Information about art from 30 aboriginal art and craft centres in central Australia.
• Desert Dreams
• Dimbaloo Online Gallery
• Dictionary of Australian Artists Online www.daao.org.au.
• Djalu Gurruwiwi
  "Within the site you will find links to download screensavers and other multimedia things, links to our fine gallery of yirdaki and other artworks, links to information, links to our affiliate program and links to issues of cultural awareness."
• Djeetgun Kurnai Women's Aboriginal Corporation,
  Vicnet
• Dreaming Art Centre of Utopia Gallery
• Dreamtime Kullilla Art
• Drum Drum
  Based in Darwin in the far north of Australia and features dancers and classically trained musicians from PNG, Fiji and Australia.
• Emu Tracks
  Australian and International production company who are specialists in producing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Events and Productions.
• From Dreamtime to Machinetime
• Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi
• Gallery Gondwana
• Gallery Savah
• Gallery Songlines
• Gamilarart
• Gavala Aboriginal Art & Cultural Education Centre
• Mbantua Gallery
  Mbantua Gallery and Cultural Museum online. With a history spanning back to 1987 and representing over 250 Utopia artists, we invite you to view our magnificent selection of Aboriginal Fine Art from the Utopia Region in Central Australia.
  Winner - NT Chief Minister's Small-Micro Export & Industry Award 2006
• Guriwal Aboriginal Corporation
• House of Koorang Pty Ltd
  Aboriginal run art website with Australian Indigenous Resources and Information.
• Hermannsburg Potters
• Hogarth Galleries
  ' Australia's oldest established Aboriginal fine art gallery'
  
• How old is Australian Rock Art Aboriginal Art Online
• House of Koorang
• Hunters & Collectors Australian Art
• Ironwood Arts
  
• Jinta Desert Art
  Aboriginal art, paintings, artifacts, and literature. Cultural, exhibition and artist information. Based in Sydney.
  
• Julie Dowling
  Contemporary Aboriginal artist
• Keringke Arts
  
• Kooeelung Cultural Enterprises
  Aboriginal paintings, prints, textiles, artifacts and emu eggs from artists based in Southern Victoria. Includes community information and artist profiles.
  
• Koori Arts Collective (KACL)
• Kuranda Arts Cooperative 
  A collective of North Queensland artists selling a range of arts and crafts, including wood, ceramics, textiles, glass, jewellery and metal items. Also information about Kuranda.
  
• Mimiga Wajarr
• Moorditj
• Mundara Koorang
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource, information and product site
• NoKTuRNL
• New South Wales Art Gallery - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
• Nyinkka Nyunyu
• Oceanic Art Society 
  Society dedicated to Pacific Island and Australian arts. Newsletter, exhibitions, publications, lectures, seminars.
  
• Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture
• Pangari Productions
  Aboriginal arts agency
• Rainbow Serpent
• Rebbeca Hossack Gallery, Windmill Street, London
• Redback Art
• Short St Gallery
• Sydney Aboriginal and Oceanic Art Fair (SAOAF)
  
• The House of Aboriginality
  The House of Aboriginality is an evolving multimedia project about the so-called 'imitations industry' which has arisen to exploit the popularity of Aboriginal art.
• Tiwi Art
• Tjapukai Aboriginal Culture Park 
  Presenting Aboriginal culture and tours. We can also cater for incentive groups and conference functions.
  
• Tobwabba Art
  Aboriginal-owned gallery featuring information, original paintings, prints and gifts from the Worimi people of New South Wales.
  
• Tracey Moffatt
  Contemporary Aboriginal artist
  
• Tribal Melbourne 
  General Oceanic art resource, with articles, book reviews and art objects.
  
• Twenty One First St
• Vibe Australia
  Dynamic Aboriginal media, communications and events management agency. Runs a national monthly full-colour magazine, syndicated weekly radio show, the National Indigenous 3 on 3 Basketball and Hip-Hop Challenge and the Deadly Sounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Awards.
• Virtual Gatherings
  The Reconciliation Art Partnership (RAP) project has developed from the Queensland Indigenous Art Promotion project sponsored by the Queensland Premier, the Hon Peter Beattie, to showcase Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in a high quality catalogue and exhibition, both under the title of Gatherings, launched for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2001, and the Virtual Gatherings Website.
  
• Wandjina Art Project
• Warlpiri Media Association
  This site is on-line from Yuendumu, a town of over a 1000 tribal indigenous people, 300 kms north west of Alice Springs. In Warlpiri people are called yapa. We have named this site wangkami yapakurlangu, it means "talk belonging to the people". Once you delve into our web you will see and learn some of the aspects of life here and perhaps make contact with the worlds oldest surviving yapa.
  
• Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association
  Specialising in acrylics and ground installations by Warlpiri and Anmatjerre artists and located in Yuendumu, NT.
  
• Wayne Quilliam portfolio 1
  
• Wijikura 
  Aboriginal Dreamtime stories interpreted on collectables, canvas and artefacts to showcase ancestral aboriginal culture and artistry. Details of where to purchase. 
• Wirrimbah