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First Australians

The National Library of Australia acknowledges First Australians as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and pays respect to Elders – past and present – and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Shared stories

On the left is a smiling woman with brown hair. In the middle is the cover of the book 'A Good Kind of Trouble' by Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward with a drawing of a teenage girl carrying a football under her arm and a backpack on her back. On the right is a smiling woman with pink hair.
A Good Kind of Trouble with Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward
08 Jul 2025

Join Brooke Blurton and Dr Melanie Saward as they yarn about their new young adult novel, A Good Kind of Trouble, and what it means to write Indigenous-led stories for today’s young people.

Event
Books and authors
Author talk
First Australians
On the left is a smiling woman with brown hair. On the right is a smiling woman with pink hair.
School holiday activity: Creative young adults workshop with Brooke Blurton and Dr Melanie Saward
09 Jul 2025

Join Brooke Blurton and Dr Melanie Saward for a creative writing and drawing school holiday activity.

Event
First Australians
For kids and families
School holiday event
Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue sitting in an armchair and smiling

Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue, image by Leanna King, courtesy of the Lowitja Institute

Speeches of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue now available online
04 Feb 2025

The Library has recently digitised the speeches of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG.

News article
First Nations art on a purple background
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property

We have developed an Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Protocol to guide people on how to access and use ICIP in our collections.

First Australians
Six women smiling as they play football. One has just kicked the ball.

Darren Clark, The Stronger Sisters playing football at the Tennant Creek football Grand Final, 2011, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-152960442

In our collections

Find out more about First Australians content in our collections

A man and a woman sit in chairs on stage with a picture of a campfire behind them. The woman holds a microphone and the man is speaking into a microphone.

Joe Williams and Dr Alethea Beetson in conversation as part of our Deadly Dialogues series.

Events

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