This paper offers a narrative review of existing academic and grey literature on the roles of Australian First Nations' Knowledges and the arts in regional and remote development. We do so to examine the degree to which current mainstream approaches to development are actualising international calls for “inclusive” development that accentuate “Indigenous” local and knowledges and strengths. The paper discusses existing regional and remote development literature through a lens of holistic, strength-based, and inclusive development. This incorporates many forms of valuing and developing including: cultural, social, environmental, and economic forms of value and activity. We conclude by offering recommendations for future research, policy, and practice that can draw on the strengths of First Nations’ Knowledges and the arts to achieve inclusive and holistic development. This artwork was commissioned for this project from Tartakula artist Lindy Brodie. The article authors hold a license to use the artwork for this research. Display omitted •Mainstream government-led development approaches are not substantively including the arts and First Nations' Knowledges.•Inclusive development seeks to respond to the failure of top-down regional development initiatives and policies.•To achieve inclusive development, stakeholders must examine power relations and governance.•Further research into the value of arts and First Nations' Knowledges in rural, regional, and remote regions is needed.