Cultural heritage

• Read more about Highlighting the value of our cultural and creative activity

12 Dec 2024 The Australian Government has today released two reports highlighting the significant contribution the cultural and creative sector is making to the economy and examining its trends post-COVID.

• Read more about Five First Nations ancestors welcomed home from Berlin

9 Dec 2024 A handover ceremony was held at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany on 5 December 2024.

• Read more about First Nations ancestors returning home from California

8 Nov 2024 A handover ceremony was held at the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles on Thursday 7 November.

• Read more about Australian arts go global including to the Paralympic Games

9 Sep 2024 The Government is continuing to help showcase the best of the Australian arts scene to the world with funding for four projects.

• Read more about Heritage bagpipes marching to Mackay

30 Aug 2024 A rare set of bagpipes which accompanied Australian soldiers on the Western Front in the First World War have recently been returned to Australia after over a century overseas.

• Read more about Portrait of influential Tasmanian woman on its way home

8 Jul 2024 The acquisition will enhance the National Trust of Tasmania’s collection of objects relating to influential women in Tasmania’s history.

• Read more about Rare acquisition joins the Australian War Memorial collection

9 Jul 2024 Twenty-nine unframed drawings created in 1917 to depict the ‘Pageant of the Southern Cross’ by Australian artist Hilda Rix Nicholas have been acquired.

• Read more about Share your views on an updated guide for assessing the significance of cultural objects

3 Jun 2024 The Australian Government is encouraging people involved in the collections and cultural heritage sector to have their say on an update to Significance 2.0: a guide to assessing the significance of collections.

• Read more about Have your say questionnaire - Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights

• Read more about Rare First Nations drawing acquired

1 May 2024 A rare drawing from one of the most important First Nations artists of the nineteenth century has been acquired.