1. Lyndon Ormond-Parker Centre for Health and Society Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation The University of Melbourne

3. Identity and Culture Maintain and Use Language Maintain Kinship Ties Relationship to Land and Waters

4. Aboriginal Art Centre Language and Cultural Centres Land Councils and Native Title Bodies Libraries and Museums Historical Societies Indigenous Knowledge Centres (Digital Archives)

5. The Ara Iritija Project Northern Territory Libraries (Community Stories) Northern Territory Libraries The Mulka Project (Yolngu Archive & Production) The Mulka Project

6. Elements of a Successful Digital Economy Government: lays the foundations for Australia's digital infrastructure Government: facilitates innovation Government: sets conducive regulatory frameworks Industry: demonstrates business digital confidence and builds digital skills Industry: adopts smarter use of technology to improve our environmental sustainability Industry: develops sustainable online content models Community: enjoys digital confidence and media literacy Community: experiences inclusive digital participation Community: benefits from online engagement

7. Technology changes and format shifting Physical threats to local collections Lack of IT Expertise Financial constraints Data Loss

8. Maintain archives in regional and remote locations Preservation and storage Technical support and training Expertise in archiving

9. Two thirds under 30 49% aged under 20 years over two-thirds (68%) of Indigenous people lived outside the major cities, 44% living in regional areas and 24% living in remote (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)

10. Preservation of physical and digital archive collections for the intergenerational transference of knowledge The digital economy offers relevance and importance for a growing up digital Indigenous population Community based digital archives provide a range of cultural and social programs for engaging young people IT and mobile technologies are an important delivery platform for content creation, distribution, viewing and the intergenerational transfer of knowledge

11. A National body to support local community sector Specific government policy and funding to ensure; Management of physical and digital archives Target young people for engagement in the IT sector Support the collection, creation and delivery of content Support institutions to return digital archives – film photos, manuscripts Cultural rights of Indigenous Australians are incorporated into the development of the digital economy