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- Deepening Australian Histories of Place
- Aboriginal studies provides inspiration
- Cultural influence - Jared Thomas
Deepening Australian Histories of Place
Presented by: Professor Anne McGrath
Date: Friday 13th November
Time: 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Location: Paul Hughes Room Y2-58, Yungondi Building, City West Campus, North Terrace Adelaide
How should the history of Australia be told? What are the problems that continue to prevent an ancient, Indigenous history becoming part of Australian history? Where would the legends that David naipon collected fit into such a story?
Generational
learning
Studying Aboriginal Studies at UniSA inspired expat Heather Hendrickson to help orphans in Africa and business women in America.
The 2007 Masters of Aboriginal Studies graduate who grew up in Australia and has now lived in California for 36 years, has an interest in social rights and human justice which led her to university study as a mature-aged student.
Cultural influence
The personal life of Jared Thomas very much informs his teaching and research as a lecturer at UniSA's David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research.
A member of the Nukunu people of the Southern Flinders Ranges, Thomas says that Nukunu land and culture is at the centre of his academic pursuits. One project sees Thomas and his family working with UniSA's Innovation Research Cluster to provide engagement with more than 4500 hectares of Nukunu People's Council properties.