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The City of Sydney is looking for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to transform a narrow terrace in Redfern into a living museum. The remaining end terrace on Caroline Street will display local memories, knowledge and histories shared by Aboriginal residents of The Block, from snippets of everyday life to nationally significant events. Currently the building is … Continued
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When: Thursday 24 October, 5pm – 6.30pm Where: Online series Cost: Free Bookings here One year ago, the referendum for an Aboriginal Voice to Parliament failed. La Trobe University’s Ideas and Society this month delves into what the referendum campaign and its result revealed about the contemporary attitude of non-Indigenous Australians to the Indigenous peoples. … Continued
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EMBARGOED UNTIL 7PM, October 16 2024 Professor Julie Andrews, Academic Director of Indigenous Research at La Trobe University, has been inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women as a Trailblazer in 2024. Professor Andrews is the only Victorian-descended Aboriginal female professor in a Victorian University and has been considered a trailblazer by the Yorta Yorta … Continued
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To celebrate Aboriginal Languages Week, the Australian National Maritime Museum will host four online workshops hosted by the Museum’s First Nations Programs Officer and proud Dharawal-Dunghutti-Yuin woman, Dakota Dixon, to teach primary school students Dharawal words and their broader cultural significance. Students from across Australia are invited to join as Dakota uses the Museum’s animated … Continued
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When: Thursday 24 October, 5pm – 6.30pm Where: Online series Cost: Free Bookings here One year ago, the referendum for an Aboriginal Voice to Parliament failed. La Trobe University’s Ideas and Society this month delves into what the referendum campaign and its result revealed about the contemporary attitude of non-Indigenous Australians to the Indigenous peoples. … Continued
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should have every opportunity to live happy and fulfilling lives. Instead, too many of our families are struggling with mental health challenges, continuing grief and trauma, and suicide. It is a public health issue that must be addressed beyond the health system, says Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia, … Continued
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First Nations people from across the continent have gathered on Gadigal Land/Sydney this week for the inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit hosted by the Albanese government. Attached is a joint statement, co-written by First Nations advisers at ACF and WWF-Australia and signed by more than 40 groups and individuals, which calls on government and business … Continued
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Charles Darwin University (CDU) will play a key role in a national initiative to boost teacher numbers courtesy of a first-time partnership with education charity, Teach for Australia (TFA). CDU will provide 75 Commonwealth Supported Places in conjunction with TFA wrap-around support to allow Bachelor of Education Secondary students to train and earn while they learn. The … Continued
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Aboriginal Incursions – Provide schools with traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and knowledge presented in inclusive cultural immersions for all Australian students, teachers and educators Connie, Sienna and Krystal Dawson run their 100% woman owned business Aboriginal Incursions delivering immersive First Nations Education workshops to the schools and early learning centres. Aboriginal … Continued
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Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) has welcomed Professor Anne Poelina, a renowned First Australian academic who is very active on social equality issues, as the new patron. Prof Poelina joins respected names, including Dr Katharine Betts, and Professors Tim Flannery, the Hon Bob Carr, and Ian Lowe, as a patron of SPA. Professor Poelina joins … Continued
