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Aboriginal artwork depicting figure in concentric circles

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.

Wollotuka 40th artwork logo

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.

Ngukurr

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.

Section of Bayira poster which is an artist's impression of Newcastle's river front with ferry

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.

A woman and a man engaged in a conversation

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.

Head & shoulders shot of two academic women smiling

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.

Four beautiful women in formal dress holding award certificates and smiling

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 .

2 head and shoulders shot of a man with a beard and a smiling woman together with a swirling colourful logo that is Purai's logo

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.

A black& white head& shoulder shot of a nursemaid

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.

Photograph of book cover. Words on a dusky pink fabric background

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.

The cover of a book with an illustration of a whale rising up out of the ocean

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.

Three people holding a trophy made from a slab of timber

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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