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It's NAIDOC week - Listen to strong voices emanating from The Wollotuka Institute celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement within our Community.

Professor John Maynard's new book published in 2015 by The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle studies the history of the Pambalong clan of the Awabakal people and their relationship to the present site of the University of Newcastle, Callaghan campus.

The Wollotuka Institute will host a 'yarning circle' at the Birabahn Building on December 11 to discuss constitutional recognition.

Professor John Maynard and Associate Professor Victoria Haskins have been awarded more than $610,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project The NSW Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board 1883-1969: A History.

UON student Ren Allan is about to embark on this year's Aurora Indigenous Scholars International Study Tour. Along with 17 other high achieving Indigenous students from around Australia, Ren will be able to experience what postgraduate study would be like at a prestigious overseas institution.

Australia's leading Indigenous historian, UON's Professor John Maynard, has been honoured by his peers with his election as a Fellow of the esteemed Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).

UON graduate wins 2014 Charlie Perkins Scholarship awarded annually to 3 outstanding Indigenous Australian scholars.

Two outstanding young scholars from the University of Newcastle have been awarded competitive Indigenous scholarships to continue their studies at Oxford and Cambridge – ranked among the world's most prestigious universities.