Indigenous

Education

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Research

Djambatj Dhukarr – Walking the Road to Excellence Together

For fifteen years, teacher candidates from Melbourne have learned on Yolŋu Country in bilingual classrooms, showing what respectful collaboration between universities and Indigenous communities can look like

Environment

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Opinion

Caring for Country means First Nations are at the heart of decision making

Recent environmental reforms have left the door open for new standards that ensure meaningful engagement with Traditional Owners

Business & Economics

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Research

How Indigenous business enterprise is rewriting Australian economics

Indigenous businesses employ 135,000 people and provide one in five jobs for Aboriginal workers – but is government procurement policy missing the mark?

Politics & Society

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Book extract

Indigenous legal services continue to challenge Australia's colonial justice system

A new book explores the complex relationship between Indigenous self-determination, Australia's justice system and government control

Politics & Society

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Research

The colonial outpost resort at the heart of Indigenous Australia

Aṉangu culture is a critical aspect of the World Heritage values at Uluru. Traditional owners must be in charge of what work and tourism looks like in the region

Politics & Society

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Opinion

‘To tell the truth and seek justice are central to the remit of a university’

Australia's Indigenous-led truth-telling process is an opportunity to create a new generation of leaders who will transform higher education

Politics & Society

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Opinion

The confronting and exhilarating ‘65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art’

This isn't just another art exhibition; it’s a must-see that challenges everything you think you know about Australian history – and it’s in its final weeks

Politics & Society

65,000 Years: A short history of Australian art

A new exhibition celebrating the brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, while confronting the dark heart of Australia’s colonial history, has opened at the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art

Politics & Society

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Opinion

‘What version of the past is promoted and what’s obscured?’

As the Yoorrook Walk for Truth travels through western Victoria, we reflect on the colonial pastoralists from that area who dispossessed Indigenous people while enriching our university

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Why we are Walking for Truth

By partnering with the Yoorrook Justice Commission on the Walk for Truth, the University of Melbourne is re-affirming its commitment to ongoing truth-telling and justice for First Peoples in Victoria