The acknowledgment made by the Australian anthropologist, William Stanner, in his 1968 Boyer lecture, 'The Great Australian Silence', brought to light the lack of an Aboriginal presence in Australian historiography. Since that time there has been a significant number of Australian historians who have contributed to the inclusion of Indigenous histories in Australia, including Indigenous Australian historians. In the discipline of art history, substantial developments in the interpretation of Indigenous Australian art have paralleled the development of the Aboriginal art movement, yet contributions by Indigenous authors are still relatively rare compared with the large numbers of Indigenous practitioners producing art in Australia today. This essay acknowledges the value of Indigenous contributions in Australian art history and the need for Australian universities, art galleries and museums, to include Indigenous people in Australian art history contexts, especially because Indigenous Australian art has a central and foundational role in the art of Australia.