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Aboriginal Art Market success!
![People looking at artworks on a table at the market.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205161501im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/blog/aiatsis-art-market-2016-thumb.jpg?itok=EiegHrRj)
This year we invited four remote Aboriginal community art centres to take part in our largest Aboriginal Art Market yet.
My internship at the National Museum of the American Indian
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CollectionArtefactCultural heritage
9 Dec 2016 Jodie DowdEarlier this year Jodie Dowd undertook an internship at the National Museum of the American Indian which is a part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
Spying on the AIATSIS Collections: Going undercover with the Nagra Série Noir
![Nagra Série Noir](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205161501im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/blog/nagra-pic.png?itok=pWv3PyQM)
How does it feel to hold a real piece of cold war spy equipment in your hands? For our skilled audio technicians, it’s all in a day’s work.
Sherlocks of the Bush
![Cover The Strand Magazine, Vol. xlviii, No.287, December 1914 (RP STR)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205161501im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/blog/sherlock-cover.jpg?itok=u5YVHoQk)
HistoryIndigenous knowledgeIndigenous knowledge systemsLiterature and stories
18 Oct 2016 Dr Blake SingleyAn issue of The Strand Magazine from December 1914 featured an article by an Australian journalist entitled ?Black “Sherlocks”: The Native trackers of Australia’.
Arthur Capell and language codes
![Capell, A. 1963. Linguistic Survey of Australia. AIAS](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205161501im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/blog/capell-view-image.jpg?itok=qy6UJPjo)
Indigenous Australian LanguagesIndigenous languagesLinguisticsArchives and archivingAustralia’s heritage – The AIATSIS Collections
11 Oct 2016 Dr Kazuko ObataFor many years, AIATSIS has been looking after Arthur Capell’s archive of over 230 reels that contain language recordings.
Archival finding aids and discoverability
![Tasaku Tsunoda](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205161501im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/blog/tasaku-tsunoda-pic.jpg?itok=D7Tn_B0X)
Indigenous Australian LanguagesArchives and archivingAustralia’s heritage – The AIATSIS Collections
5 Oct 2016 Fiona BlackburnArchives, or manuscript collections, form over time. In the process, a structure develops, a shape which reflects the way the content has been created and organised.
The Famous Erambie Allblacks
![The Erambie Allblacks in 1929 prior to a match against Condobolin](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205161501im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/blog/erambie-allblacks-2.jpg?itok=f0blxYan)
Indigenous peoplesSports peopleReserves and missionsMission Days
28 Sep 2016 Dr Lawrence BamblettWith local competitions and the NRL winding up, Koori communities all over New South Wales are finalising plans for their Knockout teams.
Literacy in language
![AIATSIS linguists Amanda Lissarrague (Collections – Print) and Rhonda Smith (Collections – Audio) with visitor Dr Ray Kelly, University of Newcastle](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205161501im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/blog/indigenous_literacy_group2.jpg?itok=qQF55tkH)
Indigenous Australian LanguagesLinguisticsLanguage
14 Sep 2016 Amanda LissarragueThe AIATSIS Australian Indigenous Languages Collection was established in 1981.
Introducing the Family History Unit
![The Family History Unit, (L-R) PJ, Judy, Narelle and Kayannie](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205161501im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/blog/fhu-team2.jpg?itok=LGPLDE6V)
Family historyFamilyHistoryArchives and archiving
12 Aug 2016 Family History UnitThe Family History Unit has recently been re-established at AIATSIS.
Song for the Gurindji
![Gurindji blues record cover](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205161501im_/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/view_images/blog/gurindji_blues_record_cover2.jpg?itok=yUfobNXd)
The efforts of the Gurindji to reclaim their ancestral land became one of the emblematic events of the land rights struggle in Australia.