Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00206:section:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00206
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5
Character Range: 7187–8196

5  Gallery of Aboriginal Australia
 (1) There shall be a Gallery of Aboriginal Australia, which shall form part of the Museum.
 (2) The Gallery shall consist of:
 (a) a collection of historical material owned by the Museum that relates to Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders; and
 (b) the land and premises used in connection with the exhibition of that material.
 (3) Nothing in subsection (2) prevents the exhibition in the Gallery of historical material relating to Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders that is in the possession of the Museum otherwise than as part of the national historical collection.
 (4) In the performance of its functions in relation to the Gallery, the Council shall pursue a policy directed towards securing, under the Council, the development and maintenance of the Gallery, and the exhibition of historical material referred to in subsections (2) and (3), by persons who are Aboriginals, Torres Strait Islanders or descendants of Aboriginals or Torres Strait Islanders.