Discover the songlines and cultural routes of the world's oldest living civilization with this exceptional map dedicated to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples . For over 65,000 years, the Indigenous peoples of Australia have traversed the continent, establishing trade routes, sharing knowledge, skills, and foundational stories.
This Indigenous Journeys Map pays homage to these deep connections with the Country — the land, the culture, the identity — through a detailed and respectful representation of ancient routes , cultural paths , songlines and major Indigenous language groups .
Card features:
Trade routes & cultural paths
Follow the routes shaped by trade, ceremonies, kinship relations, and seasonal cycles. Some stretch for thousands of kilometers, guided by water sources, gathering places, and creation stories.
Indigenous cultural and artistic centers
Locate Aboriginal cultural and artistic centers to extend your exploration and deepen your knowledge of local traditions.
Cultural exchanges & traditional goods
Discover the diversity of resources that once circulated: ochre, shells, stone tools, ceremonial objects, native plants… Dynamic networks that structured pre-colonial Australia.
More than 250 indigenous language groups
The names presented, based on AIATSIS sources, testify to the richness and cultural complexity of Indigenous nations before colonization.
Authentic landscapes
The map offers a vision of the Australian landscape as it may have been when it was inhabited exclusively by Indigenous peoples, including traditional names of key places.
