Protecting our cultural property
17 December 2018
To stay at the forefront of protecting Australia’s cultural property, we have updated the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations 2018.
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Rare Tasmanian tiger skin preserved
31 January 2019
The Government has provided $125,000 to the National Museum of Australia to purchase a rare female Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) pelt.
Funding for antique linked with bushrangers
6 February 2019
The Orange Regional Museum received $90,000 to assist with the purchase of an ornamental centrepiece, the Campbell epergne.
Mapping Australia and the Pacific
8 February 2019
Our latest video takes a look inside the Cook and the Pacific exhibition at the National Library of Australia.
Cultural Gifts Program
The Cultural Gifts Program offers tax incentives to encourage people to donate cultural items to public art galleries, museums, libraries and archives in Australia.
Cultural Gifts Program
The Cultural Gifts Program offers tax incentives to encourage people to donate cultural items to public art galleries, museums, libraries and archives in Australia.
Cultural Gifts Program valuers
Gifts donated under the Cultural Gifts Program must have their value assessed by approved valuers.
Information for donors
Do you have an item of cultural significance you would like to gift to an Australian gallery, museum, library or archive?
Participating Institutions
Information for Australian institutions participating in the Cultural Gifts Program.
Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO)—Organisations and funds as of February 2019
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Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO)—Organisations and funds as of 26 February 2019.
National Cultural Heritage Committee
The National Cultural Heritage Committee assesses applications for export permits and funding applications from the National Cultural Heritage Account. It also advises the Minister for the Arts.
List of approved valuers—Cultural Gifts Program
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List of approved valuers for the Cultural Gifts Program—March 2019.
The National Cultural Heritage Control List
The National Cultural Heritage Control List describes the type of material that may need an export permit.
Fine and decorative art
You may need a permit to export some works of fine or decorative art from Australia.
Fact sheet—Indigenous Repatriation Program—international
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The Australian Government supports the unconditional return of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestral remains through the Indigenous Repatriation Program.
Questions and answers—Indigenous Repatriation Program—International
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For more than 150 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestral remains were removed and sent to museums, universities and private collections both in Australia and overseas. They were...
37 Indigenous remains returned to South Australia
27 March 2019
The ancestral remains have been returned to Australia from the Natural History Museum in London, United Kingdom.
Kaurna Nation Statement Repatriation of Kaurna Old Person
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Summary of the Repatriation of Kaurna Old Person from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden.
Domestic repatriation
The Indigenous Repatriation Museum Grants Program returns Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestral remains and secret sacred objects held in major Australian museums to the communities of...
