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Free family history information sessions coming to East Kimberley

Aug 20, 2026
Aboriginal communities across the East Kimberley will have the opportunity to explore their family history at a series of free information sessions this September.

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Image of a family group on a bush walking track

Free family history information sessions coming to East Kimberley

20 August 2026

Media release

Aboriginal communities across the East Kimberley will have the opportunity to explore their family history at a series of free information sessions this September.
A group of Warlayirti Artists walking on Country

Connecting to Country grants strengthen culture and community

20 August 2026

Media release

The State Government is supporting Aboriginal people and organisations across Western Australia to strengthen cultural knowledge, leadership and community wellbeing through the latest round of the Connecting to Country program.
Staff and a visitor sit at a table at the State Library discussing family history

Family History Month highlights Aboriginal History WA services

17 August 2026
August is Family History Month, giving people the opportunity to explore their family history, learn more about their ancestors and strengthen connections to family and community.
People view an exhibition of Aboriginal art hanging in an art gallery

Revealed: New & Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists

12 May 2026
A platform for cultural truth-telling, visibility and opportunity.
Exhibition sign "all that country holds' at entrance to art gallery

Western Australian Aboriginal art showcased in Washington DC

22 October 2025

Media release

A major exhibition showcasing Aboriginal artwork from the Kimberley opens today at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC, presenting new works by First Nations artists with support from the WA Government.
A small group of people seated and standing on the verandah of a building

A partnership between the WA Government and Aboriginal people

25 July 2025
As planning for the world class centre continues, the Aboriginal Cultural Centre project team is working in partnership with Aboriginal people and communities across WA.
An Aboriginal artist painting at Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency.

Milestone for Aboriginal Cultural Centre as design tender released

4 June 2025
Planning for a world class Aboriginal Cultural Centre overlooking the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) is one step closer with the release of a design tender.
Artists and shoppers looking at painted canvas' at the Revealed art market

New and emerging WA Aboriginal artists Revealed

11 April 2025

Media release

Western Australia's popular showcase of Aboriginal art, Revealed: New and Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists, returns to Perth/Boorloo, presented in the heart of the Perth Cultural Precinct.
Painted artwork "Snake Nest" by Darryl Dempster

Reconciliation Week street banners

3 February 2025

Media release

Planning is well underway for one of Western Australia’s most visual demonstrations of building strong and positive relationships with Aboriginal people, the Reconciliation Week Street Banners program.
Map of Wadjemup prepared by surveyor A.J. Lewis

Online database sheds new light on Wadjemup/Rottnest Island incarcerations

31 January 2025

Media release

A new online database with an interactive map is shedding new light on the historical incarceration of Aboriginal people on Wadjemup/Rottnest Island, enabling descendants to learn more about family members sent to the former prison.
Dot painting with fish. Text reads: Aboriginal History WA and Storylines are coming to the South West

Aboriginal History WA and the State Library take off on South West road trip

17 January 2025

Media release

Team members from Aboriginal History Western Australia (AHWA) and the State Library of Western Australia’s Storylines will hit the road this February to hold free family history sessions in the South West
PALS logo with text: Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing

PALS grants bring cultural understanding to the classroom

30 October 2024

Media release

Grants totalling $88,735 that are designed to bring understanding of Aboriginal culture to Western Australian classrooms have been awarded by the WA Government through the 2024 Term 3 funding round of the Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing (PALS) program.
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Music workshops share learnings on Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property

9 October 2024

Media release

More than 170 participants took part in free workshops offered to music creators and organisations in Boorloo (Perth) covering the Australian Music Centre’s Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP) Policy.
Sound technician wearing headphones holds up a microphone covered with a windsock. A regional river is in the background.

Funding strengthens rich storytelling culture

9 September 2024

Media release

A new round of funding will support the gestation and birth of unique Western Australian Aboriginal stories, while also supporting the groups who tell them.
PALS logo with text: Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing

School grants support sharing of Aboriginal cultures and histories

18 July 2024

Media release

Students across the State from Albany to Exmouth and Fitzroy Crossing are benefitting from $796,000 in grants from the Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing (PALS) program.

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