Yuraki – An Aboriginal Reflection on History and its Practice

Presented by

Professor John Maynard

Professor John Maynard is a Worimi Aboriginal man from the Port Stephens region of New South Wales. He is currently a Director at the Wollotuka Institute of Aboriginal Studies at the University of Newcastle and Chair of Indigenous History. Professor Maynard’s publications have concentrated on the intersections of Aboriginal political and social history, and the history of Australian race relations. He is the author of several books, including Aboriginal Stars of the Turf, Fight for Liberty and Freedom, The Aboriginal Soccer Tribe and Aborigines and the Sport of Kings. Professor Maynard will discuss his journey, motivations and methods of historical practice including the importance of Aboriginal history.