First Nations Cultural Materials
Cultural materials relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, managed under agreed cultural protocols.
Cultural care notice.
The Banksia Cultural Institute holds First Nations cultural materials under community-agreed
protocols. Sensitive items carry their protocols and warnings, and access decisions are made
with communities.
Read how access works
Banksia Cultural Institute: collections access portal
Cultural collections, opened with care.
Browse the collections, read the cultural protocols attached to each item, and request access through a transparent, community-informed assessment workflow.
Collections
What the institute holds
Every institute collection is listed with its custodian. The items below are a featured selection.
Oral History Program
Recorded interviews with knowledge holders, recorded with informed consent.
Historical Photographs
Regional photographic collections from 1860 to 1980.
Manuscripts and Letters
Station, institutional and family paper records.
Art and Works on Paper
Paintings, watercolours and prints with regional subjects.
Maps and Plans
Survey, pastoral and town maps of the region.
Field Recordings Archive
Field audio collected by researchers between 1955 and 1990.
Institutional Archives
Records of the Banksia Cultural Institute itself.
Natural History Illustrations
Botanical and zoological illustration plates.
Community Donations 2000s
Materials donated directly by families and communities since 2000.
Featured items
Items from across the collections
Filter by access status or collection. Restricted and sensitive items show their protocols instead of media.
Wattle Creek corroboree photograph, 1923
Culturally sensitive
Deceased persons: warning required
Community consent required
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Oral history: seasonal calendars of Saltwater Bay women
Culturally sensitive
Women's business only
Community consent required
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Access workflow
How access works
Every request follows the same transparent path, and communities hold the deciding voice on culturally sensitive material.
1
Discover and read the protocols
Browse collections and open item details. Every sensitive item shows the exact cultural protocols that apply, before any content.
2
Request access
Registered researchers submit a short request with their purpose and intended use, and confirm they have read the protocols.
3
Community-informed assessment
Curators handle routine requests. Culturally sensitive material goes to community cultural advisors, who consult and record the decision with any conditions.