The domestic Indigenous Repatriation Program returns Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestral remains and secret sacred objects held in major Australian museums to the communities they came from.

The Australian Government, state and Northern Territory governments and the museum sector work together to repatriate ancestral remains and secret/sacred objects from major Australian museums.

We fund eight museums to support domestic repatriation activities:

For more information, email repatriation [at] arts.gov.au