10 years running: National Indigenous Student Games

Friday 16 September 2005

The University of Newcastle will host this year's 10th Anniversary of the National Indigenous Tertiary Education Student Games hosted by Wollotuka School of Aboriginal Studies.

The National Indigenous Student Games were first held at Wollotuka, the University of Newcastle in 1996 as a joint class project and since has been hosted by universities across Australia, growing to have over 250 participants.

The games strive to celebrate and promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, unity, health, fitness, wellbeing and self-determination, initiate new communication networks and reinforce identity through positive role models.

What: The 10th Anniversary of the National Indigenous Tertiary Education Student Games.
When: 14 -17 September 2005.
Where: Wollotuka, Callaghan campus, the University of Newcastle.