Content tagged with Dance

“…our only security is our cultural knowledge that we must carry with us and live by to pass it on to our children and they to their children, so...

Blog post - 16 Oct 2018

Torres Strait Islander culture Torres Strait Islands Dance Culture

Gallery - 24 Nov 2017

Dance

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Video - 23 Oct 2017

Torres Strait Islands Torres Strait Islander culture Dance Music Film Collection

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage raises awareness about the importance and vulnerability of audiovisual collections. It is predicted that the...

Blog post - 17 Oct 2017

Digitisation Film Collection Music Dance Torres Strait Islander culture Torres Strait Islands

In 2014, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) launched the celebration of our 50th anniversary with 30...

Explore article - 3 Jun 2015

Oral history Ceremonies Dance History

Newcastle tribe in 1818 from 'An Historical Account of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements' by Captain James Wallis....

Explore article - 3 Jun 2015

First encounters and frontier conflict Colonisation Dance Ceremonies History

Abstracts for Issue 2, 2007 Musical and linguistic perspectives on Aboriginal song Allan Marett and Linda Barwick Song brings language and...

Publication or resource - 16 Feb 2015

Music Dance Indigenous languages Research

Ngatjakula is one of the most spectacular ceremonies of central Australia, employing fire to inflict real and symbolic punishment on those...