For over 100 years, the Victorian school curriculum has failed to give generations of students the chance to learn about Indigenous political movements.
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When Shauna Bostock began researching a book on her family, she thought it would be limited to her Aboriginal ancestry. But then a late-night phone call led her down a surprising path.
Non-Indigenous Australians need to actively seek the truth about past violence and injustice against Indigenous Australians.
Beneath the floodplains of Arnhem Land lies a hidden landscape that has been transformed over millennia as seas rose and fell.
A fascinating new collection of essays explores Indigenous deep histories and conceptions of time, showing pre-colonial Australia’s rich human past.
The sad reality is that if the demands of these early activists had been met nearly a century ago, we would not be suffering the severe disadvantage that hovers over Aboriginal lives still today.
In their 1881 petition, Aboriginal people from the Maloga mission who sought greater freedom from missionary control called for the government to grant them their own parcel of land.
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Professor and Academic Director (Indigenous Research), La Trobe University
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Director/Chair of Aboriginal History - The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle
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Professor in Public History, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Archaeological Science, Flinders University
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Senior research fellow, Flinders University
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Richard Broome is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor - History, La Trobe University
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Associate Lecturer, Flinders University
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Senior Erre Traditional Owner, Indigenous Knowledge
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Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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ANU PhD, Australian National University
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Chancellor's Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, UNSW Sydney
