Australian Aboriginal art

black and white photo of two men sitting next two each other

The violent collectors who gathered Indigenous artifacts for the Queensland Museum

Culture

Europeans collected a huge number of Aboriginal artifacts during the colonization of Australia. Many institutions that hold these items are repatriating them to Aboriginal people. While repatriation is important, what often goes unrecognized is the crucial part that collectors played in the violent dispossession of First Nations people.

Vibrant Aboriginal Art Exhibit Gives Power to Indigenous Australians

Arts, Culture & Media