Truth-telling

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Arts & Culture

"Melbourne had no place for the ‘black’ Indigenous population in the ‘white Australian race'"

Before 1940, the University of Melbourne was the centre of Australian eugenics – and it didn’t end with World War II

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Arts & Culture

In this way, the beginning of a highly contested history of the University began

An Indigenous-led book challenges the presumption that universities make only ‘good’ contributions to the community – confronting the University of Melbourne’s disturbing history

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Education

For the first time, the curriculum in Australian classrooms has a focus on truth-telling

Education is an important part of societal change, but what are the best ways to include truth-telling in the Australian curriculum?

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