NAIDOC Celebrations are coming to Gatton! Join us at Central Walkway enjoy live music by ELEEA, food, cultural workshops and more. All are welcome for this free walk-in event!
The Office of the Deputy-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) will be hosting the first inaugural Keynote Lecture which will be delivered by Professor Marcia Langton AO, Associate Provost at the University of Melbourne and internationally renowned anthropologist, geographer and academic.
UQ College will hold a paint your own boomerang workshop!
Presented by Koomurri this workshop is design to share our aboriginal culture with all the UQC students. During this workshop, the students will learn about the meaning of the indigenous art and create their own designs in a decorative boomerang.
Come create a character with author, Prof Anita Heiss.
Inspired by what might be a very unusual prop, this is about having some fun while getting your creative juices flowing at the Student Central. No experience or dress code necessary.
We're holding a Great Book Swap to support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) to provide books and learning resources to children living in remote Communities across Australia.
Choose a book, make a small donation, and start reading!
Students from the School of Architecture are building a Bulmba (Yidiny word for shelter, camp or Country) With Uncle Peter (Bumi) Hyde, a Gimuy Walubara Yidinji elder. They will be using materials sourced On Country in Cairns. Watch the build and learn about Indigenous design traditions and perspectives.
The Mayne Building at Herston campus and the Forgan Smith building at St Lucia campus to be lit up in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flag colours - red, yellow, blue, green, white for the evenings throughout NAIDOC Week.
National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year, to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.