The agreement with the federal government sees the Tiwi Islands included in Australia's national parks and reserves system.

Australia is certainly an amazing place for people who are craving experiences that are a little off-the-beaten-path. Although the country has plenty of bustling metropolises (like the city of ...

The 2700 Tiwi people live on Bathurst and Melville Islands, off northern Australia. In Portrait of a People, Heide Smith combines images of the past and a troubled present that tell a painful ...

Twenty years ago, when Heide Smith began photographing the Tiwi islanders, some of the older folk would say, “Better not photograph me, I might die soon,” she recalls. For the Tiwi, as for most other ...