Aquarius Archives is a working group of the Nimbin Aquarius Foundation Inc. (NAFI). NAFI is a community, grass-roots, not-for-profit registered charity since 1993, whose purpose is to advance culture.
Aquarius Archives is dedicated to collecting, cataloguing, preserving, and providing access to materials relating to Nimbin Aquarius cultural heritage. The first vision for the 1973 Nimbin Aquarius Festival was “that the style of the festival, the structures and forms of the community that make up the festival itself be an artform”. That vision still lives today, with the same community still thriving in Nimbin village, a living artform renowned around Australia and the world.
Aquarius Archives is dedicated to looking after and sharing the unique and significant cultural heritage of Nimbin. We aim to provide safe and secure access to the collections, including meaningful exhibitions and events to celebrate Aquarius values and lifestyle with the Nimbin community and the world. We’ve been gathering together side-by-side with the Bundalung Community since the 1973 Festival, and honour our many shared stories together.
Most volunteers at the Aquarius Archives are creative artists in their own right, with the passion, drive and understanding to keep our rich and diverse stories alive. We thrive in the generative synergy between best practice archiving and participatory creativity, with the community.
