Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters opens in Delhi 

Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, the acclaimed Australian First Nations exhibition developed by the National Museum of Australia in partnership with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, was inaugurated in New Delhi on 21 November 2025 by Australian High Commissioner Phillip Green OAM, Mrs Kiran Nadar (Founder, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art), Ratish Nanda (CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture), and Dr Jilda Andrews (Deputy Director, First Nations, National Museum of Australia), in the presence of visiting First Nations Cultural Ambassadors, who performed ‘Inma’, a ceremonial expression of ancestral knowledge through song and dance.

Now open at the Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum, the exhibition will be on display from 22 November 2025 to 1 March 2026, marking the first major Australian museum exhibition to tour India. Featuring nearly 300 artworks, song, dance and immersive multimedia, Songlines traces the epic Seven Sisters creation story and celebrates over 65,000 years of living Indigenous culture, grounded in Tjukurrpa (Aboriginal Law).

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong and India’s Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, also visited the exhibition, highlighting the importance of cultural exchanges in strengthening people-to-people connections between our two countries.

(Australian First Nations exhibition 'Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters' at Delhi's Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum)

Australia-India co-host 16th Foreign Minister’s Framework Dialogue 

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, visited New Delhi from 19-20 November 2025. During the visit, Minister Wong co-hosted the 16th Foreign Minister’s Framework Dialogue with India’s Minister for External Affairs, the Hon Dr S Jaishankar. The Ministers discussed leveraging the Australia-India partnership for the benefit of both nations and the wider Indo-Pacific region. Their discussion covered strategic technology, defence, trade, people-to-people ties and their shared commitment to a peaceful stable, stable, and prosperous region.

As part of the visit, Minister Wong announced a range of new sports partnerships between Australia and India, including India’s first delegation of athletes and coaches to train at the Australian Institute of Sport. The event featured Indian Paralympian Sheetal Devi alongside several other inspiring athletes.

Minister Wong also engaged with experts and industry leaders in the cyber and technology space and toured the National Museum of Australia’s Songlines exhibition at Humayun’s Tomb Museum.

- Opening Remarks at the 16th India Australia Foreign Ministers Framework Dialogue: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/transcript/opening-remarks-16th-india-australia-foreign-ministers-framework-dialogue

- Media Release: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/visit-india

- Media Interview: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/transcript/tv-interview-firstpost-palki-sharma

(Australian Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong with India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar ahead of their Foreign Ministers Framework Dialogue)