It's estimated that millions of dollars will be spent on souvenirs during the Commonwealth Games, with the Arts Law Centre of Australia saying 80% of Aboriginal-style souvenirs in tourist shops are ...

Aboriginal artist Stephen Hogarth leads the way into yet another Surfers Paradise souvenir store – our fourth in two blocks – and pauses beside a display of brightly decorated didgeridoos.

Murdock urges anyone buying Aboriginal art or souvenirs to first check who they are buying from. “Are they Aboriginal? Are Aboriginal people doing the art? Have they grown up Aboriginal and have ...

ONE of Australia’s largest Aboriginal souvenirs wholesalers is tucked away in a western Sydney backstreet, operated by a man with no Aboriginal heritage, who wanted to support indigenous artists.

‘Aboriginal-style’ craft goods produced in countries like China and Indonesia are ubiquitous in Australia’s souvenir shops. Indigenous artists have complained that these knockoffs damage ...

He said the State Government had to crack down on anyone selling products falsely claiming they are authentic Aboriginal work made in Australia. Mr Watson said souvenir and gift shops had used ...

Indigenous artist Kait James stumbled across an Aboriginal calendar souvenir tea towel with a racist image of her culture. She decided to have some fun. Artist Kait James says her colourful and ...

What's to be done about the bathroom tiles depicting Aboriginal tribesmen at the Sussex Inlet RSL, the tea towels bought at souvenir shops or the Aboriginal symbolism on homewares? A fruit cart ...

For over a century, European-heritage Australians have been consuming Aboriginalia – Aboriginal cultural designs and figures in souvenirs and bric-a-brac. It includes garden ornaments ...