Indigenous Issues: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program
Past events and activities
Naidoc (National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Observance Committee) Week 2007
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is committed to supporting and celebrating Naidoc Week by flying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags together with the Australian national flag.
Naidoc Week is 8-15 July and the theme is: 50 Years: Looking Forward, Looking Blak.
More information on activities and the national focused events.
The Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dr Ashton Calvert, launched the Department's latest travelling exhibition, Kickin' up Dust, in Canberra on Monday 7 July 2003, prior to its three-year long overseas tour.
Mandawuy Yunupingu (left), lead singer of the rock band ‘Yothu Yindi' spoke at the launch on behalf of the Garma Festival and Yothu Yindi Foundation - one of the contributors to the exhibition.
An exhibition of strikingly beautiful works by Tiwi Island artists of the Northern Territory, Kiripuranji: Contemporary Art from the Tiwi Islands brings together some of the most exciting developments in contemporary art from Bathurst and Melville islands.
Seasons of the Kunwinjku is a collection of contemporary indigenous Australian paintings which reflect the lyrical grace of West Arnhem Land's rich artistic tradition.
Media releases
- Seasons of the Kunwinjku, Aboriginal art from West Arnhem Land, DFAT’s International touring Indigenous Art Exhibition, February 2003
Listen Up - Music of Black Australia
A compilation of music by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. More...