Indigenous diplomatic practices have existed continuously on the Australian continent for tens of thousands of years, governing relations between A&TSI Clans and Nations as well as with overseas traders.
Indigenous peoples have a long history of conducting international diplomacy, from their relations with one another across the continent for tens of millennia, their engagement with peoples outside Australia, and their contributions to the current international political system.
What makes Aboriginal Australian international relations unique? Why in modern Australia are such approaches and worldviews important? And what can we learn from such unique ways of knowing, being, and doing?
