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New research led by the Indigenous Studies Unit and published by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety Limited (ANROWS) reveals the systemic barriers that disempower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from reporting family violence.

Congratulations to Professor Marcia Langton AO (CHE) – Asteroid 7809 Marcialangton was named after her! This year’s Mabo Day, June 3, was a special day for Indigenous astronomy. That was when the International Astronomical Union officially accepted five new asteroid names that honour a selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, elders and academics whose work has been particularly influential. Marcia is one of these 5 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People who have been honoured.

As part of National Reconciliation Week 2020, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health ran a webinar which included a screening of the film 'No Longer a Wandering Spirit: The Story of Bessy Flowers.'

As part of the 2020 Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Professor Marcia Langton AM will present 'Dangerous Fictions: Can We Stomach the Truth About Racism?'

How can those of us at the University of Melbourne take up these challenges and ensure that rethinking our history, privilege, blindness, and ongoing violence moves beyond mere tokenism?

‘It seems that every generation needs to be told why Black Lives Matter. Here we are again.’

This webinar brings together three leading researchers and advocates—Jess Hill, Associate Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Dr Kristen Smith—to explore what needs to be done to address domestic abuse now.

The Indigenous Cultural Heritage Conference 2020 provides the first opportunity for Traditional Owners and their allies to meet, discuss, and develop programs, strategies and ideas to take control of their Cultural Heritage in Australia.

In June 2020, Professor Marcia Langton was made an Officer for the Order of Australia (AO) for her impact on tertiary education and as an advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This animation was about part of a project that aimed to identify First Peoples protocols for the ethical collection, storage and preservation of microbe sampling and epigenetic analysis.

Join three Indigenous scholars across Arts, Education and MDHS for a National Reconciliation Week panel discussion on the experience of working across a western academy.

In February 2020, Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker presented 'Voice, treaty, truth and the archive' at the VALA2020 conference held in Melbourne.

In January 2020, Professor Marcia Langton was appointed Co-Chair of the National Indigenous Voice Co-Design Group.

Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker published an article in Pursuit on the theme for Reconciliation Week 2019: ‘grounded in truth, walk together with courage’.

This film follows the journey of two Aboriginal family groups discovering the history of their ancestor Bessy Flowers, who in 1867 was sent away from her Albany home, never to return.