Australian Indigenous History

Politics & Society
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‘Finding an Indigenous voice’
The second volume of the truth-telling initiative, Dhoombak Goobgoowana, shares the steps, and missteps, on the road to finding an Indigenous Voice at the University of Melbourne

Politics & Society
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‘Disrupt the blinding whiteness of business education’
First Nations businesses focus on unique and generative ways to engage with the economy. But Indigenous business education in Australia needs to catch up

Politics & Society
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‘The field of Indigenous Studies simply gets on with the job’
Indigenous Studies means becoming part of global conversations about the place of Indigenous knowledges and traditions in the world

Arts & Culture
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‘How we bring Indigenous knowledges into the academy is as important as the knowledge itself’
A new truth-telling book shines a light on the past, present and future of the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous cultural collections

Discussion & Debate
“It is a clarion call to action”
The importance of truth-telling cannot be denied if our journey towards national reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and Settler Australia is to be achieved

Health & Medicine
This has so rarely occurred in the University’s history
Truth-telling is one form of restorative justice, but more is needed to redress the wrongs done to Indigenous peoples

Health & Medicine
One of the most affecting and unsettling things I have ever seen
The Berry Collection was a poorly curated anatomical and anthropological collection that facilitated scientific racism and was dominated by unethically sourced Aboriginal remains

Arts & Culture
Universities can change names without distancing themselves from troubling histories
Removing a person’s name from a building need not mean the University severs its relationship with its past, instead it is an opportunity to redefine our future

Sciences & Technology
The Boorong pride themselves upon knowing more of astronomy than any other
Research in Indigenous astronomy is not only changing narratives around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and traditions, it’s changing the history of science

Health & Medicine
As the seasons change, so too does Billibellary’s expectation of his environment
Billibellary’s Walk is a guided walk through the University’s Parkville campus that presents a narrative of Aboriginal ‘place’ on Wurundjeri Country and asks participants to experience its meaning in both the past and present