Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

Also known as
A.I.A.T.S.I.S.
AIATSIS.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. (1961-)
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. (1990-)
Function
Indigenous Affairs, Collection Management and Education
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http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35807630
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-570190

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The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) was founded in 1961 as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. The Institute is Australia's premier institution for information about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. AIATSIS research staff conduct high-quality research and administer research grants. The Institute's award-winning in-house publisher, Aboriginal Studies Press, publishes an extensive array of books, cassettes and CDs, films and videos, reports, and the Institute's journal, Australian Aboriginal Studies. The Library holds the world's most extensive collections of printed, audio, and visual material on Australian Indigenous topics, including the writing of, and oral interviews with, indigneous women.

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The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is the world’s premier institution for information and research about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Institute undertakes and encourages scholarly, ethical community-based research, holds a priceless collection of films, photographs, video and audio recordings and the world’s largest collections of printed and other resource materials for Indigenous Studies, and has its own publishing house.

The AIATSIS Library holds the most comprehensive collection of print materials on Australian Indigenous studies in the world.

The Library holds print materials in all formats. These include manuscript materials, serials, language materials, books, rare books, and the records of organisations, art catalogues, newspapers and newspaper clippings, maps, posters and kits, microforms and CD ROMS. Films, videos, sound recordings and photographs are held in the Audio Visual Archives.

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The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) was established in March 1990, when it took the place of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. A council of nine members governs the Institute. In 2002 AIATSIS employs around 70 people. From their Web site, May 2002: "AIATSIS is an independent Commonwealth Government statutory authority devoted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies. It is Australia's premier institution for information about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples."

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  1. Annual bibliography / Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical, Archived website : 1989-2013 ]
    View online
    At 41 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 379.497)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 379.497)

  2. Report of the Council of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies for the year ended 30 June
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical : 1990-2013 ]
    View online
    At 28 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 352.168)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 352.168)

  3. Australian Aboriginal studies (Canberra, A.C.T. : 1983)
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
    [ Periodical : 1900-2013 ]
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    At 114 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 262.242)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 262.242)

  4. Koori mail : the fortnightly national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander newspaper
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical, Article : 1990-2013 ]
    View online
    At 102 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 200.187)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 200.187)

  5. Institute news / Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical : 1999-2009 ]
    Possibly online
    At 8 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 199.306)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 199.306)

  6. Native title newsletter / AIATSIS, Native Titles Research Unit
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Native Title Research Unit
    [ Periodical : 1900-2013 ]
    Possibly online
    At 26 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 164.944)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 164.944)

  7. Dawn and new dawn : a magazine for the Aboriginal people of New South Wales / produced by Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical : 2004 ]
    Possibly online
    At 25 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 158.418)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 158.418)

  8. Australian aborigines in the news / Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
    [ Periodical : 1981-1992 ]
    At 34 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 153.805)

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  9. Annual report / Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Article : 1989-2013 ]
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    At 18 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 140.256)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 140.256)

  10. Research discussion paper (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical : 1995-2012 ]
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    At 11 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 136.697)

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  1. Annual bibliography / Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical, Archived website : 1989-2013 ]
    View online
    At 41 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 376.678)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 376.678)

  2. Report of the Council of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies for the year ended 30 June
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical : 1990-2013 ]
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    At 28 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 347.194)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 347.194)

  3. Institute news / Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical : 1999-2009 ]
    Possibly online
    At 8 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 196.525)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 196.525)

  4. Australian aborigines in the news / Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
    [ Periodical : 1981-1992 ]
    At 34 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 149.919)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 149.919)

  5. Annual report / Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Article : 1989-2013 ]
    Possibly online
    At 18 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 138.367)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 138.367)

  6. Elements (Canberra, A.C.T.)
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical : 2000-2012 ]
    At 5 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 125.678)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 125.678)

  7. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Periodical : 1900-2013 ]
    Possibly online
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 124.174)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 124.174)

  8. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies : 1998-2000 corporate plan
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    [ Book : 1998 ]
    At 4 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 85.673)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 85.673)

  9. Bringing to light : a history of ethnographic filmmaking at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies / Ian Bryson
    Bryson, Ian
    [ Article : 330-2011 ]
    View online (access conditions)
    At 53 libraries
    Bringing to light : a history of ethnographic filmmaking at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies / Ian Bryson
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 81.951)

  10. Report by the Advisory Committee on New Facilities for the National Museum of Australia and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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    [ Book : 1996 ]
    At 9 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 80.595)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 80.595)

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    [ Object : 1998 ]
    Soil sample from a 'sod' turned by the Prime Minister John Howard on the site of the National Museum of Australia and Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies on 1 October 1998
  1. Native title negotiation hypothetical : NTRU AIATSIS Negotiation Workshop 19 March 2009 : Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Native Title Research Unit
    [ Video : 2009 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.559)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.559)

  2. To get that country / produced and edited by David MacDougall
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    [ Video : 1977 ]
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  3. The songs of Dougie Young [written and sung by Dougie Young]
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    [ Sound : 1994 ]
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  4. Songs from the Northern Territory : an ethnomusicological study / recorded and edited by Alice M. Moyle
    Moyle, Alice M. (Alice Marshall), 1908-2005
    [ Sound : 1964-1979 ]
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  1. Weaving the axis: the Australian National Museum, The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and the ACT Cultural Centre, Acton Peninsula, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    Weller, Richard
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  1. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies : Rock Art Protection Program
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  2. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies : Rock Art Protection Program : report to ATSIC Commissioners / Research Officer Sites
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  3. Science and Indigenous knowledge : display case exhibition material
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  1. A guide to overseas precedents of relevance to native title / prepared for the Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies by Shaunnagh Dorsett and Lee Godden
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    A guide to overseas precedents of relevance to native title / prepared for the Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies by Shaunnagh Dorsett and Lee Godden
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