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Indigenisation resources: Architecture & Design

Resource portal to assist with locating Indigenous content for courses.

Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that videos on this page may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons

Featured videos

After losing their home to a fire, the Bawoorrooga community hit rock bottom. From there, this remote Australian Aboriginal community built themselves back from the ground up – literally. Using the red earth of their sacred homeland, the community built a sustainable home that truly reflected their culture and their land.

Hosted on the TEDx Talks YouTube channel

Tour around the cleverly designed tourism enterprise in North-East Tasmania that honours the aboriginal community while utilising contemporary architecture to create unique experiences for guests.

Hosted on the ByDesign TV YouTube channel

Featured resources

  • Art & Architecture Source - Art research database covering a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art to various areas of architecture and architectural design.
  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - Covers international, scholarly and popular architecture and design journals including publications of professional associations in Europe, Asia, and Australia and the Americas.
  • Informit Indigenous Collection - DContains specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, eBooks and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online. Some full-text.