First Peoples heritage
Alternative labels
Indigenous heritage
Policy
Australian government policy on Indigenous repatriation
The Australian government supports the repatriation of ancestral remains and secret sacred objects to their communities of origin to help promote healing and reconciliation.
Book
The right to protect sites: Indigenous heritage management in the era of native title
This multi-discplinary volume features contributions from lawyers, anthropologists, archaeologists and Indigenous community leaders to explore from different perspectives the intersection of native title and Indigenous heritage regimes around the country.
Strategy
Australian heritage strategy (2015)
Tis strategy considers ways in which Australia’s heritage places can be better identified and managed to ensure their long-term protection.
Journal article
Does information really want to be free? Indigenous knowledge systems and the question of openness
The “information wants to be free” meme was born some 20 years ago from the free and open source software development community. This article injects both the histories of collecting and the politics of information circulation in relation to Indigenous knowledge into this debate by looking closely at the history of the meme and its...
Report
Discussion paper on a review of the International Repatriation Program
This paper seeks the views of local communities and others interested in the international repatriation of Indigenous remains.