Aboriginal Australians are the First Peoples of the Australian continent, with an unbroken presence reaching back at least 65,000 years — the oldest continuous living cultures on Earth. They are not one people but hundreds of distinct nations, each with its own Country, language and Law. Knowledge is carried in Songlines that thread across the land, in the deep yiḏaki drone, in ceremony, and in painting that maps the Dreaming. Some stories, songs and designs are sacred and restricted to initiates; FirstCiv holds only what Traditional Owners choose to share, as community-owned Heritage Tablets.
Every recording here is held with community consent. The Aboriginal Australians are named as origin and primary beneficiary; royalties flow to the community fund. Photographs & rock art: Wikimedia Commons (public domain / CC BY / CC BY-SA).
