Hema Australia Indigenous Journeys Map

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Overview

Explore the songlines of the oldest living culture

For more than 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have travelled this land, trading, sharing knowledge and caring for Country. Hema's Indigenous Journeys Map shows these enduring connections through ancient trade routes, cultural pathways and songlines. It's a meaningful map for travellers, educators, students and families.

250+Indigenous language groups

1:5,500,000Map scale

1stEdition

Trade routesAnd songlines

The map was created by Hema Maps with geologist and explorer James Allen from travels across the continent in 2020-24. It reflects guidance from Traditional Owners and cartographic expertise from Gunditjmara man Craig Molyneux.

What's on the map

Trade routes and pathways

Follow routes shaped by trade, ceremony, kinship and seasonal patterns across the continent. Some run for thousands of kilometres, guided by waterholes, gathering places and creation stories.

✓Detailed trade routes and cultural pathways
✓More than 250 Indigenous language groups, with acknowledgement of AIATSIS sources
✓Traditional names for key places

Hema Australia Indigenous Journeys map showing trade routes and language groups across Australia

Learn as you travel

Close-up of the Indigenous Journeys map over Cape York with traded items, language areas and cultural centres

Traded goods and cultural centres

Learn about the vast array of resources that were traded, from ochre, shells and stone tools to ceremonial goods and native plants, and the networks that made it possible. Aboriginal experience and cultural centres are marked so you can continue the learning journey on the road.

✓Traded goods and cultural exchange explained
✓Indigenous cultural and art centres marked
✓Art sites and tours

Authentic landscape view

Country before colonisation

See how the Australian landscape may have appeared when it was solely inhabited by Indigenous Peoples. The reverse explores connection to Country, navigation and what was traded across coastal, freshwater and forest environments.

✓Landscape as it may have appeared before colonisation
✓Made with guidance from Traditional Owners

Reverse of the Indigenous Journeys map with notes on coastal, freshwater and forest trade and culture

Frequently asked questions

What does the map show?

Ancient trade routes, cultural pathways and songlines, more than 250 Indigenous language groups, traded goods, traditional names for key places, and Aboriginal art and cultural centres.

Who made it?

Hema Maps with geologist and explorer James Allen, from travels across the continent in 2020-24, with guidance from Traditional Owners and cartographic expertise from Gunditjmara man Craig Molyneux.

Is it suitable for schools?

Yes. Hema made it for travellers, educators, students and families, and it makes a meaningful gift.

Which edition is this?

This is the 1st edition (ISBN 9781922668936), published July 2025.

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Features

✓Ancient trade routes, cultural pathways and songlines
✓More than 250 Indigenous language groups
✓Traded goods and cultural exchange explained
✓Aboriginal art and cultural centres marked

✓Art sites and tours
✓Landscape as it may have appeared before colonisation
✓Traditional names for key places
✓Made with guidance from Traditional Owners

Specifications

Map details

Brand	Hema Maps
Title	Australia Indigenous Journeys: Trade Routes, Tours & Culture
Edition	1st
Publication date	July 2025
ISBN	9781922668936
Scale	1:5,500,000
Format	Folded map

Size & weight

Folded size (W x H x D)	145 x 250 x 3 mm
Weight	90 g

What's Included

✓1 x Hema Australia Indigenous Journeys Map (folded)

Product Details

SKU	9781922668936
Barcode #	9781922668936
Brand	Hema Maps
Shipping Weight	0.0900kg
Shipping Width	0.140m
Shipping Height	0.005m
Shipping Length	0.250m

(9781922668936)

About Brand

Hema Maps began in 1983, when Henry and Margaret Boegheim started laminating marine charts from their family home in South East Queensland, naming the business after the first two letters of their names. It grew into one of Australia's best known publishers of touring and 4WD maps, and the reason ...

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