University of Melbourne

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

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

Physical education pioneer Fritz Duras had a distinguished career, but our truth-telling process uncovered another side to Duras that can’t be ignored

Australian and Canadian universities are learning from each other as they reckon with their colonial pasts

The importance of truth-telling cannot be denied if our journey towards national reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and Settler Australia is to be achieved

Truth-telling is one form of restorative justice, but more is needed to redress the wrongs done to Indigenous peoples

The Berry Collection was a poorly curated anatomical and anthropological collection that facilitated scientific racism and was dominated by unethically sourced Aboriginal remains

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

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

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