Knowledge, art and cultural expression are among the cornerstone of Indigenous society and have become key symbols of our national identity. How these are preserved, informed, navigated and utilised depends largely on the role of researchers, archives and those institutions which house them. For Indigenous peoples, cultural and intellectual property has a broad meaning. It includes art, stories, ceremony, language, performance, songs, traditional medicine and knowledge of Australia's flora and fauna. Concerns extend to the documentation and use of Indigenous cultural heritage, through films, video, audio tapes and photographs, the return of remains, sacred sites, burial grounds and historical records. Sound and audiovisual archives assist in the transmission and accession in collections which are used by communities which prove that while "no archive is an island" then nor are those who are the researchers, collectors and beneficiaries.