A shield, used during traditional stick fights between Aboriginal men of the Kowanyama region, has been returned to country more than 60 years after it was "collected" by a group of crocodile hunters.

Should works included in a new Aboriginal Australian art exhibition be repatriated to the culture that produced them? The answer is complex, writes Jason Farago. The British Museum in London is ...

The British Museum is under fire from a leading activist in Australia over how it now describes an Aboriginal shield at the centre of a restitution battle. The activist Rodney Kelly accuses the ...

Western Australia’s government will submit a long-awaited revamp of heritage protection laws to parliament on Wednesday that seeks to avert a repeat of Rio Tinto Group’s destruction of ancient ...

But many, including Shields, ... After an effort to give Aboriginal Australians a modest voice to parliament was resoundingly rejected, many Indigenous peoples are mulling what they can do next.

Auction house Sotheby's sold an Aboriginal shield for a record $84,000 in Sydney last night. It is believed to be the highest amount paid at auction for an Aboriginal artefact. The kidney-shaped ...

Outstanding Aboriginal shields and unusual Oceanic artifacts from a private West Australian collection are expected to fetch lofty prices when offered at auction in Melbourne next month.

According to dealer D’Lan Davidson, the market for indigenous Australian art experienced a recalibration following policy ...

Two female Aboriginal lawmakers with very different political views are campaigning against the proposal to create an advisory body on Indigenous issues. By Natasha Frost Reporting from Hobart ...

In a cave in Australia archeologists have revisited the site of an ancient GunaiKurnai Aboriginal ritual. They lived in the area some 10,000 years ago, but this cave was not lived in, it was used ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been urged to convene national cabinet to address First Nations deaths in custody and ...

Questions are increasingly being raised about the ethics of the original exchanges of Aboriginal artefacts. A shield from the Gweagle people (Botany Bay) acquired on Cooks’s 1770 voyage along ...