First Australians introduces visitors to the two Indigenous groups in Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - and shows the wide diversity of languages and cultures within these groups.

Photo on right: A bark water-craft, taken from Peron, Francois and Freycinet, Louis Claude, 'Voyages de decouvertes aux terres Australes', Atlas, No. 4, 2nd ed., Paris, 1824.

WARNING:

Visitors should be aware that this website includes images and names of deceased people that may cause sadness or distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

To accurately reflect the past, this section of the website may contain information from oral histories and quotes from original documents. This means that words and descriptions may appear that we would not use today. The spelling of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander names and words conforms with current community usage.