Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the Aboriginal peoples and traditional owners of the land we now call New South Wales, and we celebrate the history and contemporary creativity of the world's oldest living culture.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised this website may contain images, voices, videos and names of people who have passed on.
Support for First Nations NSW Artists
Opportunities
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Artform Board Expression of Interest
Join our First Nations Arts and Culture Artform Board - EOI submissions close 10 July 2024
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Work with Create NSW
Find current opportunities to join our team
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Current Opportunities
NSW Health Infrastructure Art and Health Award - nominations for NSW based Aboriginal cultural centres, public museums & galleries - open until 9 September
Resources
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Aboriginal arts and culture protocols
First Nations People on this continent are the custodians of the longest living culture in the world. Aboriginal people have been sharing their unique cultures for thousands of generations.
Through guidance from cultural authorities, such as Elders and cultural knowledge keepers, a wide range of protocols help guide cultural business practices.
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Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)
Learn more about Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property and find Creative Australia protocols for using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts.
Image: Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Weaving Workshop in Evans Head. Photograph by Kate Holmes
Find First Nations NSW Events, Festivals and Experiences
Explore First Nations culture in NSW
Image: Brook Garru Andrew, 'DIWIL', 2021, Installation View, Murray Art Museum Albury. Photo by Jeremy Weihrauch
Aboriginal Keeping Places and Cultural Centres
A Keeping Place is of great significance to Aboriginal communities. They are a safe space for the return of cultural material from museums and other collecting institutions back to Country, preserving and celebrating First Nations NSW culture.
Discover more about Aboriginal Keeping Places and Cultural Centres in NSW.
Image: Giiyong Festival, Photo David Rogers
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First Nations Peoples at Giiyong 2018. Photo by David Rogers.
Celebrating First Nations creatives
Latest news from Create NSW
Current projects
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Aboriginal-led cultural digitisation project to preserve local collections
Four NSW Aboriginal cultural centres and keeping places will lead the way as cultural collection digital champions thanks to an $800,000 Creative Captial investment by the NSW Government.