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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.

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.

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.

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. Recommended for primary school students, The Dunggiirr Brothers and t

Originally played face-to-face, this component was ingeniously adapted the following year when the pandemic put staff and students into lockdown by Dr Hedda Askland, A/Associate Professor Daniela Heil and Professor Kate Senior collaborating with staff from the Learning Design and Teaching Innovation

Known as ayahs, South Asian nursemaids were the mainstay of child-care for British families in India during the Raj (1757-1947), and they travelled the world, accompanying European and elite Indian families on shipboard travel along the circuits of empire. Along with their East Asian counterparts

In the spirit of public pedagogy, young adults belonging to the Hunter region’s refugee cohort, visited the University of Newcastle’s (UoN) Gallery to see the Looking Through Windows exhibition and learn about Aboriginal Australians who grew up and lived on the missions, reserves and fringe camps at

A COVID initiative to reduce the isolation of Elders living in regional New South Wales has used weaving to link the communities of Bourke, Armidale and Uralla. Every Tuesday, between 10am and 1pm, women from three weaving circles connect to Zoom to weave, troubleshoot, share design patterns and,

It started with a yarn that was transformed into a poem and grew into a video documentary, a community exhibition with a one-act play, opera piece and travelling exhibition.

What was this man from a remote Arnhem Land Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, doing in Newcastle, New South Wales, in the late 60s and early 70s? It was this surprising discovery, Associate Professors Kate Senior and Tamara Young made in early 2020 at the University of Newcastle’s Co

A trip to a 19th century tomb and the oldest theatre in NSW were just two of the places Purai Global Indigenous History Centre staff and affiliates visited without having to leave their office. Lecturer in the College of Human and Social Futures, Dr Zi Siang See took HDR student, Srishti Guha to M

This year marks a 15-year milestone for Professor Victoria Haskins and to celebrate, the College of Human and Social Futures (CHSF) presented Professor Haskins with a Service Award at the College’s Excellence & Recognition Awards evening last night. Extending the nation’s understanding of colonial