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News • 29 Jan 2024
$1m awarded to Purai Global Indigenous History Centre for research championing the value of truth telling
Two separate projects, one with the Department of Education (DoE), the other an ARC Discovery grant will engage in Indigenous histories from Indigenous perspectives with a view to advancing reconciliation and build meaningful connections across Australia.
News • 20 Nov 2023
Wollotuka Institute celebrates 40 years
The University of Newcastle and our broader communities are proud to mark the 40th anniversary of the esteemed Wollotuka Institute.
News • 15 Nov 2023
Using truth-telling to capture unexpected links between Newcastle and Ngukurr
University researchers have secured funding from the Australian Research Council to use collaborative storytelling to highlight historical links between Newcastle and Ngukurr - a remote Aboriginal community in Southeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
News • 6 Oct 2023
Bayira: Catching songs, stories and dreams
An event celebrating the creativity and stories of First Nations Novocastrians by focusing on dreams for the future was hosted by Purai Global Indigenous History Centre at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music in September 2023.
News • 1 Mar 2023
Papers of Newcastle Aboriginal activist to see the light of day: Stan Masterson Collection
Newcastle is well-known for its energetic trade unionism dating back to the 1870s, more obscure is their support for Indigenous activists fighting injustice, but all this is about to change with the digitising of the papers of the late Stan Masterson through the University of Newcastle’s Special Collections Services.
News • 18 Jan 2023
Nunggubuyu woman Daphne Daniels honoured at graduation
Activist, community leader and Elder, Dr Daphne Daniels believes in the power of education and research as a first step to drive change in Aboriginal communities.
News • 7 Dec 2022
A trove of extraordinary stories: Collaborative project wins top multicultural history award
An online exhibition documenting the lives, experiences and histories of the intrepid Indian and Chinese nursemaids who travelled the circuits of the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries won the 2022 Addi Road Multicultural History Award at the History Council NSW (HCNSW) award’s ceremony last night .
News • 1 Dec 2022
Keeping the flame of Purai alive: UoN’s Global Indigenous History Centre to celebrate a decade of seminal work in 2023
The flame of Purai Global Indigenous History Centre will be kept alive in 2023 with the appointment of two new Directors, Dr Raymond Kelly and Professor Kate Senior.
News • 31 Aug 2022
Ayahs and Amahs project: Online exhibition goes live
The Ayahs and Amahs online exhibition brings to life the stories, memories and histories of the intrepid Indian and Chinese nursemaids who travelled the circuits of the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
News • 28 Jun 2022
Stories of Japanese "Comfort Women": The Politics of Trauma and Integrity
Dr Sachiyo Tsukamoto’s work gives voice to the Japanese women behind one of the largest, government-sponsored human trafficking and sexual slavery scandals in modern history.
News • 9 Jun 2022
A New Dreaming: The Dunggiirr Brothers and the Caring Song of the Whale
A collaboration between the Yandaarra Collective and the University of Newcastle (UoN) has resulted in the March 2022 publication of a stunning children’s picture book with strong messages about caring for country and each other.
News • 9 May 2022
Being in lockdown isn’t cricket. Or is it? First year anthropology students learn through play
Playing cricket – Trobriand style – has provided first year anthropology students with the opportunity to have a six-week authentic ethnographic experience.
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