People in the Hunter and around the country are using a unique community program to keep Indigenous languages alive.
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Ngarrama - A night of reflection (2023)
On the eve of Australia Day, the University of Newcastle, in partnership with Awabakal Ltd and with support from the City of Newcastle, hosted a free public event to engage the community in meaningful reconciliation through truth telling and historical acceptance. Emeritus …
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Ngarrama 2023
The University of Newcastle, in partnership with Awabakal Ltd and The City of Newcastle, is proud to host Ngarrama at King Edward Park on 25 January 2023.
This is a free, family-friendly public event to engage the community in meaningful reconciliation through …
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Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia research
Professor Lyndall Ryan and her team at the the University of Newcastle,
summarise what they found, after researching and investigating the colonial frontier massacres.
New evidence has revealed the true extent of violent frontier massacres of Aboriginal and Torres Strait …
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Central Coast Clinical School and Research Institute - Naming our spaces
The design and construction of the Central Coast Clinical School and Research Institute (CCCSRI) building in Gosford NSW, has had collaboration and consultation at its core.
Throughout the building, the spaces have been named using traditional Darkinyung language. Learn from …
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Celebrating 40 years of The Wollotuka Institute
The Wollotuka Institute has long been a cornerstone of our University by embodying, supporting and celebrating Indigenous excellence.
Wollotuka has supported thousands of Indigenous graduates whilst championing an academically enriching and culturally affirming education, and …
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Aboriginal Numeracy Day 2022
Our partnership with the Newcastle Knights helps to provide enriching experiences to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students through events like the Aboriginal Numeracy Day. A fun and engaging event which develops mathematic skills using rugby league …
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2022 Alumni Excellence Award Recipient
“People talk of children as the future, but they are our now”.
Yuin nation woman and the 2022 recipient of the Indigenous Alumni Award, Professor Ngiare Brown is passionate about Aboriginal and Indigenous health, child safety and adolescent development, and building the …
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Croc Festival Performance Mabuiag Island
At the 2001 Croc Festival on Thursday Island, boys from Mabuiag Island State School in the central Torres Strait Islands of Australia, perform traditional dancing, wearing headdresses depicting canoes.
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Croc Festival Performance Bamaga School
Girls from Bamaga, on northern Cape York, perform a dance depicting how the birds got their colours at the Croc Festival, a festival with participants of indigenous schools in northern Queensland, on Thursday Island in 2001. They finish with the sounds of Souls Longing.
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Croc Festival Performance Thursday Island High School
At the Croc Festival on Thursday Island, students from Thursday Island High School show a strong performance of traditional dancing from Boigu, in the Top Western Torres Strait Islands; Close to the Papua New Guinea coast, there are strong links with the culture of that country. …
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Croc Festival Performance Yam Island School
At the 2001 Croc Festival on Thursday Island, children from the island of Yam (Iama) in the central Torres Strait Islands, perform a mixture of traditional and contemporary dancing, to the sound of "Robinson Crusoe" by Art Of Noise and "Jumpin', Jumpin'" by Destiny's Child.
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Croc Festival Performance Ihwya Youth Group from Thursday Island
At the Croc Festival on Thursday Island, girls and boys from the Ihwya Youth Group from Thursday Island High School perform traditional dances from the Torres Strait Islands, Australia.
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Croc Festival Performance Injinoo State School, Cape York
At the Croc Festival on Thursday Island boys from Injinoo, a community at the top of Cape York in Far North Queensland, Australia, perform traditional Aboriginal dances; the use of drums and grass skirts hints at strong influence from the nearby Torres Strait Islands.
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Croc Festival Performance Torres Strait Islander boys from Dauan Island (1)
At the Croc Festival on Thursday Island in 2001, boys from Dauan, a small island just west of Saibai in the Top Western Torres Strait islands, Australia, perform a traditional legend; this is followed by a song discouraging smoking and a traditional dance to a song in the local …
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Croc Festival Performance Warraber Island School
At the Croc Festival on Thursday Island in 2001, children from the island of Warraber (Sue) in the central Torres Strait Islands, perform Christian songs and dances.