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The Royal Australian College of Physician’s final lecture for 2013 will be delivered by historian Barry Leithhead on Monday 25 November 2013 at the RACP Education Centre, Level 8, 52 Phillip Street, Sydney. Barry will be speaking on ‘Aboriginal health, public health Read More

Back in the early 1970s a group of pioneering Indigenous theatremakers occupied a dilapidated terrace in Redfern and started the National Black Theatre. The first full-length play they staged was Robert J Merritt’s The Cake Man. A droll examination of Read More

Aboriginal Astronomy talk by Ray Norris Let Ray Norris introduce you to Aboriginal astronomy. How did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people use the sun, moon and stars for practical and social purposes? Working closely with Indigenous elders and communities, Read More

Les Bursiill talks about the rock art of Southern Sydney. How are traditional Aboriginal Dreaming stories and rock art connected? Les Bursill is an Aboriginal man with a comprehensive understanding of the Southern Sydney Aboriginal community. With his cultural heritage Read More

Join Bill Gammage as he outlines his view of Aboriginal land management at the time of European contact. Bill argues that people used fire (and no fire) not just to create grasslands, but to distribute plants carefully and attract specific Read More

Artists talk on the Native Institute with Karla Dickens and Leanne Tobin The Native Institute was established in Blacktown in 1823, to ‘educate’ and ‘reform’ Aboriginal children during colonisation. This potent site represents the origins of the institutionalization of Aboriginal people Read More

As part of Corroboree Festival 2013, Sydney Opera House is giving you the opportunity to take an Indigenous Guided Tour around ‘tubogulle’ on the land of Gadigal, where the Opera House now resides. Discover the Indigenous history of the land Read More

Corroboree Sydney is a new way of celebrating Australia’s rich cultural heritage. Over 11 days and nights in November 2013, leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, writers, dancers and musicians will showcase their creativity and share their stories. Presented at Read More

A public artwork in Hyde Park to honour the sacrifices and bravery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women will be created Tony Albert, an Aboriginal artist whose family has over 80-years of combined military service. The Read More

Come join us on November 5, 6, 7 at the 2013 Buunji National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Conference at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour. Join Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and educators from around Read More