Indigenous australia

Corroborees, clapping sticks, sacred stones and rites of passage—learn the things you need to know about Indigenous rituals in Australia.

by Ididj Australia

Maggie Storm on Instagram: “Today I celebrate the first people of this sacred land [ • ] ~ Always was always will be Aboriginal land. ~ How grateful I am to call…”

Cape York Peninsula is one of a few remaining places in the country with a significant population of Australian Aboriginals. When the first British settlers arrived, Australia had been inhabited by Aboriginals for more than 50,000 years. 231 years later, although the population of Australia is over 24 million, only 2.8% of them are Indigenous.

Jimmy Nelson has gone all over the earth to photograph native peoples at their proudest moments and to show you their soul.

Aboriginal men from Western Australia with body Painted for ceremony and a Wanda shield

Indigenous Australia

Cindy Rostron, Aboriginal Australian model

During the period of 1905-1969, the Australian government authorities and police were given the power to transfer Aboriginal children to foster care, forcibly removing them from their families. The children who were taken were assimilated to Anglo-Australian culture. It is estimated that about 100,000 children in total, or just about every third Aboriginal person at that time, was forcibly removed from their families.