The CAAMA Collection is an internationally significant archive. It is the oldest and most extensive archive of Central Australian Aboriginal cultural content in the world and a vital record of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, stories and music.

In contrast to other historical ethnographic archives, the significance of the CAAMA Collection comes in part from the fact that its content is created by Aboriginal people and reflects an Aboriginal viewpoint. It is an archive of immense and inestimable cultural significance to all Central Australian Aboriginal communities, and to the nation as a whole.

The CAAMA Collection contains the output of CAAMA since before its formal inception, housing arguably Australia’s largest and oldest library of culturally significant recordings.