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  2. Thumbnail for Aboriginal designs bring connection to Country at Inveresk

    Aboriginal designs bring connection to Country at Inveresk

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/aboriginal-designs-bring-connection-to-country-at-inveresk
    21 Jul 2021: The first building to open at Inveresk as part of the University’s redevelopment will be brought to life with the work of North-West Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell. Designs featuring grass-toned local wetlands, the blue-grey hues
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    New round of prestigious Indigenous scholarships announced

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/new-round-of-prestigious-indigenous-scholarships-announced
    14 Dec 2020: Four inspiring Tasmanian Aboriginal scholars have been awarded prestigious Indigenous Higher Degree by Research Scholarships from the University of Tasmania. University of Tasmania Pro Vice-Chancellor (Aboriginal Leadership) Professor Greg Lehman
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    University apologises to Tasmanian Aboriginal people

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/university-apologises-to-tasmanian-aboriginal-people
    4 Dec 2019: The University of Tasmania today (Wednesday 4 December 2019) made a historic apology for its role in wrongdoings towards Tasmanian Aboriginal people. More than 600 people gathered at the original home of the University – Domain House – while the
  5. Thumbnail for First-of-its kind program to support First Nations students

    First-of-its kind program to support First Nations students

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/first-of-its-kind-program-to-support-first-nations-students
    30 Apr 2021: What began as a conversation has evolved into a real-world pilot initiative to help close the Indigenous education and employment gap. The University of Tasmania, in partnership with CPA Australia (Tasmanian Division), proudly launched The First
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    Leah's law: Seeking a better outcome for her mob

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/864-leahs-law-seeking-a-better-outcome-for-her-mob
    27 May 2019: Because of Her, We Can!This was the theme of NAIDOC Week 2018: a celebration of the important roles that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women hold in the community. There can be few women who embody the concept as wholeheartedly as University
  7. Thumbnail for How Indigenous knowledge can be embedded into the curriculum

    How Indigenous knowledge can be embedded into the curriculum

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1071-how-indigenous-knowledge-can-be-embedded-into-the-curriculum
    15 Oct 2020: By Maggie Walter, Pro Vice Chancellor (Aboriginal Research and Leadership) and Distinguished Professor of Sociology, and Michael A. Guerzoni, Indigenous Higher Education Curricula Officer, Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Aboriginal LeadershipWe
  8. Thumbnail for How early Australian settlers drew maps to erase Indigenous people

    How early Australian settlers drew maps to erase Indigenous people

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1138-how-early-australian-settlers-drew-maps-to-erase-indigenous-people
    31 May 2021: The new Netflix series Shadow and Bone opens with cartographer Alina Starkov crammed into the back of a rumbling wagon, sketching a war-torn landscape. A flashback to her childhood in an orphanage shows her looking at a map of a conflict zone. A
  9. Thumbnail for Let the games begin

    Let the games begin

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/570-let-the-games-begin
    5 Apr 2018: Britain’s territorial vastness was neatly summed up in the Victorian era by the observation that “the sun never sets on the British Empire”. For 350 years, dating from when the East India Company was founded in 1600 until after the end of
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    We won’t close the gap

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/542-we-wont-close-the-gap
    19 Feb 2018: The recent Closing the Gap report has highlighted the lack of progress in Indigenous affairs since the apology to the Stolen Generations a decade ago. Although not a specific target, safe, appropriate and affordable housing is acknowledged to be a
  11. Thumbnail for A fresh perspective on Tasmania, a terrible and beautiful place

    A fresh perspective on Tasmania, a terrible and beautiful place

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/740-a-fresh-perspective-on-tasmania-a-terrible-and-beautiful-place
    10 Oct 2018: The island of Tasmania lies suspended beneath Australia like a heart-shaped pendant of sapphire, emerald and tourmaline. Here is where the world runs out, crumbling into the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean. Island Story: Tasmania in Object and
  12. Thumbnail for We need a new Australia Day

    We need a new Australia Day

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/476-we-need-a-new-australia-day
    29 Nov 2017: The decision by ABC Triple J to move the Hottest 100, its popular musical countdown, from January 26 has reignited the smouldering controversy about Australia Day. The radio station has moved the 2018 poll from Australia Day to January 27 after a
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    Righting the wrongs of the past

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/775-righting-the-wrongs-of-the-past
    9 Sep 2018: Historians are working with Australian Indigenous communities to return the bodily remains of their Old People to country from overseas museums and universities. The early years of Australian colonisation in the late 1700s coincided with the
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    The Tasmanian resistance fighter we should remember as a war hero

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1156-the-tasmanian-resistance-fighter-we-should-remember-as-a-war-hero
    9 Aug 2021: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. Australians love their war heroes. Our founding myth centres on the heroism of the ANZACs. Our Victoria Cross recipients are
  15. Thumbnail for University joins UArctic network to expand polar research collaboration

    University joins UArctic network to expand polar research…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/university-joins-uarctic-network-to-expand-polar-research-collaboration
    26 Sep 2023: The University of Tasmania is the first Southern Hemisphere university to join UArctic, a network of more than 200 institutions concerned with research and education on the Arctic region. The network fosters collaboration and provides access to
  16. Thumbnail for Pioneering educator receives top award

    Pioneering educator receives top award

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/pioneering-educator-receives-top-award
    24 Oct 2023: Alumna and Associate Professor Clair Andersen has become the first Aboriginal person to receive a prestigious award from the Australian Council for Educational Leaders. Associate Professor Andersen has been awarded the ACEL’s Tasmanian Eminent
  17. Thumbnail for Scholarship helping Naarah to master her theatrical arts in London

    Scholarship helping Naarah to master her theatrical arts in London

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/scholarship-helping-naarah-to-master-her-theatrical-arts-in-london
    28 Jul 2023: Bachelor of Music graduate Naarah Barnes is heading to London to study her Master of Arts (Musical Theatre), thanks to a scholarship specifically for First Nations scholars. Gija woman Naarah graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2019 with a
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    Literacy symposium to encourage Tasmanian solutions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/literacy-symposium-to-encourage-tasmanian-solutions
    28 Aug 2023: Researchers, policy-makers and community representatives will come together on a mission to improve the state’s literacy levels at the University of Tasmania this week. Early years literacy will be the focus of the two-day Cuthill Family Foundation
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    Coming home to Country

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/coming-home-to-country
    13 Dec 2023: I am honoured and profoundly privileged to have been appointed the University of Tasmania’s new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). I was born in Devonport on the North-West Coast of Lutruwita/Tasmania. My mother is Palawa and my father comes from a
  20. Thumbnail for New study examines schools’ support for First Nations youth

    New study examines schools’ support for First Nations youth

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-study-examines-schools-support-for-first-nations-youth
    11 Sep 2023: School support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth fostering their cultural identity will be the subject of a new study by two Indigenous social scientists. Worimi man Jacob Prehn and Palawa colleague Mike Guerzoni will research the
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    Literary Fellowship provides opportunity to become role model

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/literary-fellowship-provides-opportunity-to-become-role-model
    21 Dec 2022: Jen Evans is hoping her recent literary success helps to path the way for her to become a role model for Queer and Aboriginal writers. Dr Evans, who is currently Aboriginal Research Fellow at the College of Health and Medicine, recently received the

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