The Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) helps to alleviate the language barriers faced by many Indigenous people throughout the Northern Territory.
Thousands of people every year visit Aboriginal land in the Top End of the Northern Territory, for a holiday, to visit family and friends, or to work. If you want to travel through Aboriginal land, it is important to plan your trip well in advance to avoid disappointment. Different permits and different conditions apply.
A unique place of knowledge and skills, where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians can undertake journeys of learning for empowerment and advancement while strengthening identity.
Kakadu is a jointly managed national park. The traditional owners are proud to share their country with visitors. Kakadu has been listed on the World Heritage List for both its natural and cultural value.
Approximately 100 years before European settlement (1788), the northern shores of Australia were visited by Monsoon traders from the eastern part of (modern day) Indonesia. Marine products such as trepang (a holothurian), turtle-shell (from the hawks-bill), pearls and timber were collected.
The NT Heritage Register is established under the Heritage Act and contains details about all declared heritage places and objects, as well as those subject to provisional protection under the Act.
The Department of Regional Development and Indigenous Advancement leads whole of government initiatives on issues that affect remote areas and Indigenous Territorians.
The Strehlow Research Centre cares for, and facilitates culturally appropriate access to, the Strehlow Collection of central Australian ethnographic objects and archival materials. It provides a repository for the wealth of material gathered by TGH Strehlow during his lifetime of study of the Aboriginal people of Central Australia. It consists collections of Australian Aboriginal artefacts, songs, genealogies, photographs and film and sound recordings ever amassed.
This site provides information on the West MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia.