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A reinvigorated AIATSIS
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We’ve been busy over the holiday period preparing to launch a refreshed AIATSIS brand and website.
This reinvigoration follows our highly successful 50th anniversary campaign and the new website will combine both the 50th and existing AIATSIS websites.
The new site will be the place for people from all corners of the world to learn about the richness and diversity of Indigenous Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ contributions to the shaping of our nation.
We’ve been writing, testing and consulting with people from Melbourne to Cairns and everywhere in between to ensure our website meets your needs. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think!
We aim to launch both very soon so more to come...
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Native Title Conference 2015 |
Registrations are open and we are now calling for papers for the 2015 National Native Title Conference.
Running from Tuesday 16 June to Thursday 18 June, the conference is co-convened with the Cape York Land Council and will be held in Port Douglas QLD on the traditional lands of the Kaku Yalanji people.
The date coincides with the Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival, held in Laura QLD the weekend following the conference, providing delegates the opportunity to be involved in the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural gatherings in Australia.
More details on the event page.
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| Cultural strength symposium |
International guest lecturer, Professor Taiaiake Alfred, will be joined Wednesday 11 February by a panel of thought leaders to examine and reflect on contemporary strategies of decolonisation.
Taiaiake Alfred is Director of the IGov program and Professor of Indigenous Governance at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Read more.
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| The Freedom Ride anniversary |
From 12 to 26 February 1965, a group of 29 students from the University of Sydney undertook a bus trip to a number of towns in New South Wales to investigate race relations and living conditions for Aboriginal people on reserves and in the towns.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of what became known as the Freedom Ride.
Check out the online exhibition.
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| Web of Aboriginal water rights |
Where do Aboriginal needs and interests stand in the complex and fiercely contested area of water rights in Australia?
Dr Virginia Marshall will explore the way Aboriginal people value and conceptualise water and show how ineffective policies and legislative regimes have either marginalised Aboriginal water rights or ignored them completely in this occasional seminar on Wednesday 25 February.
Read more.
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Greatest pride helping build the AIATSIS collection
A film archivist and researcher from Tuncurry has been awarded a Member of the Order of Australia Medal (AM) for her work preserving Indigenous heritage, through TV and radio. Wendy Borchers mainly worked with the ABC in her 40-year career, including the early days of programs like 'This Day Tonight'.
But Ms Borchers said she takes greatest pride in her work collecting rare historical film and sound for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Read more at ABC.
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