The legacy of colonialism in Australia has resulted in the devaluing and exploitation of Indigenous visual culture, design and representation. Through reinterrogating, revealing and documenting previously unacknowledged or omitted Indigenous contributions to communication design history in Australia, this article seeks to reposition examples of Indigenous visual culture as powerful sites of iconographic symbols, graphic forms and political posters. In this article, communication design as 'visual communication' is utilized as a framework to re-evaluate Indigenous contributions to Australian design history. This article presents a number of case studies of Indigenous contributions to communication design within a historical timeline, from prehistoric visual communication to twentieth-century examples-mirroring the development of the communication design industry. Parallel to the historical timeline, I note the emergence of recurring themes that are critical to the incorporation of Indigenous contributions into design history more broadly; notably effects of national politics, conflicted ideas around national identity, cultural ownership of work and the inclusiveness of the design industry. Through an applied retelling using a decolonizing historical paradigm, key Indigenous contributions are recognized and misappropriated work is repositioned, to acknowledge and give voice to Indigenous communication designs and their undeniable role in creating a national design style.

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澳大利亚传播设计史：土著复述

澳大利亚殖民主义的遗产导致土著视觉文化、设计和表现的贬值和剥削。通过重新询问、揭示和记录以前未被承认或遗漏的土著对澳大利亚传播设计历史的贡献，本文试图将土著视觉文化的例子重新定位为图像符号、图形形式和政治海报的强大场所。在本文中，传播设计作为“视觉传播”被用作重新评估土著对澳大利亚设计历史的贡献的框架。本文介绍了一些历史时间线内土著对传播设计的贡献的案例研究，从史前视觉传播到二十世纪的例子——反映了传播设计行业的发展。与历史时间表平行，我注意到反复出现的主题对于将土著贡献更广泛地纳入设计历史至关重要；尤其是国家政治的影响、围绕国家身份的冲突观念、工作的文化所有权和设计行业的包容性。通过使用非殖民化历史范式的应用复述，关键的土著贡献得到认可，被盗用的作品被重新定位，以承认并表达土著交流设计及其在创造民族设计风格中不可否认的作用。我注意到反复出现的主题对于将土著贡献更广泛地纳入设计历史至关重要；尤其是国家政治的影响、围绕国家身份的冲突观念、工作的文化所有权和设计行业的包容性。通过使用非殖民化历史范式的应用复述，关键的土著贡献得到认可，被盗用的作品被重新定位，以承认并表达土著交流设计及其在创造民族设计风格中不可否认的作用。我注意到反复出现的主题对于将土著贡献更广泛地纳入设计历史至关重要；尤其是国家政治的影响、围绕国家身份的冲突观念、工作的文化所有权和设计行业的包容性。通过使用非殖民化历史范式的应用复述，关键的土著贡献得到认可，被盗用的作品被重新定位，以承认并表达土著交流设计及其在创造民族设计风格中不可否认的作用。