AWAYE! - Separate stories podcast

We track the history of Aboriginal participation at the Venice Biennale - the Olympics of the art world.

What does it mean to live off country? For some of us it can present challenges. Choreographed by Mariaa Randall, Divercity explores the complexities of a transplanted life.

Racism and empathy do battle in the screen adaptation of the much-loved Australian novel Jasper Jones. But if you blink you could miss the Aboriginal hero in the new film by director Rachel Perkins.

Language is a time machine for Yugambeh speaker John Graham.

From the forced closure of Aboriginal communities to the trauma of the stolen generations, Ali Cobby Eckermann is not afraid to use her literary voice.

The soprano Deborah Cheetham has composed a war requiem - to honour the Gunditjmara who died in defence of their country.

The Boonwurrung language was once spoken from what is now Melbourne south to Wilson's Promontory.

The latest genetic research establishes a scientific basis for what's termed 'connection to country'. The key to that research - locks of hair collected by anthropologists last century.

His paintings are among the most reproduced images in Australian art. So why does a family from Sydney's North Shore own exclusive rights to reproduce the artwork of Albert Namatjira?

In the Tiwi islands north of Darwin there's a strong and vibrant community of sistergirls, who are an integral part of their society. The Sistergirls will march in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in traditional Tiwi designs that they're screenprinted themselves.