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Number 7, 28 July 2003
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"Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw
those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to
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| Semester II Classes Commence - Monday 28 July Remember that Semester II classes start back on Monday 28 July at 8:00am. |
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| revitalize with the UQ Union - Monday 28 July-Friday
1 August The UQ Union has a wide variety of social and cultural events during the first week back to kick start campus culture for semester II. Check out the free bands, BBQs, workshops and forums. To find out more go to: www.uqu.uq.edu.au. |
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| UQ Open Day - St Lucia Campus - 3 August 2003, 9:00am-4:00pm The UQ Open Day, held at the UQ Centre on the St Lucia campus, will include information sessions, advice and displays demonstrating the wide range of programs available at UQ and the career opportunities they create. This is a great opportunity to bring your family along to St Lucia to check out the campus. [map] |
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UQ Postgraduate Expo - 4 August 2003, 3:00pm-6:00pm |
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| UQ Open Day - UQ Ipswich Campus - 17 August 2003,
10:00am-2:00pm The UQ Ipswich Open Day gives prospective students the opportunity to inspect the high-quality facilities available and obtain information on the programs offered at UQ Ipswich. [map] |
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| UQ Open Day - UQ Gatton Campus - 24 August 2003,
9:30am-3:00pm The UQ Gatton Open Day gives prospective students a chance to view research projects and campus facilities for themselves, while learning about the programs on offer at UQ Gatton. [map] |
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The UQ Union Student Employment Services is Online! |
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St Lucia - Ipswich - Gatton Inter-Campus Bus Service http://www.pf.uq.edu.au/pdf/buses.pdf The new timetable addresses user feedback obtained in First Semester,
includes the additional link to Gatton Town, features revised stops
at locations other than the three Campuses, and has some amended
times to increased traffic flow on the Ipswich Motorway during peak
hour. Any enquiries regarding the revised timetable can be directed
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| Goorie Berrimpa Business | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| July 2003 Graduations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scholarships, Grants, Prizes & Cadetships | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| UQ Graduate School Research Travel Awards (GSRTA)
Awards are available for a period of research travel to access resources, equipment, libraries or archives that will enable students to speed up progress on their theses. Applicants must be enrolled for a PhD or MPhil at UQ. The award for travel in Australia/New Zealand is up to $2,000, in Indonesia/Papua New Guinea/Pacific Islands up to $3,000 and for other overseas destinations up to $5,000. Applications close on 25 August 2003. The UQ Graduate School will be holding a GSRTA information workshop in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library Conference Room (Level 1) on Friday, 8 August 2003, from 9.00-10.00am. The workshop will cover the application process, the travel award guidelines, eligibility criteria, budgeting and much more. To register please email Ray Johnson at r.johnson@research.uq.edu.au. Application forms are available from: |
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Freda Bage Fellowship, Australian Federation of University Women |
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Queensland Commemorative Fellowships, Australian Federation
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| Other Scholarships Other scholarships offered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the University of Queensland can be found at http://www.uq.edu.au/study/index.html?id=1137 |
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Position: Associate Lecturer/Lecturer, Aboriginal Studies,
Riawunna, Centre for Aboriginal Education, University of Tasmania |
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Position: Associate Lecturer in Indigenous Health, Faculty
of Nursing, University of Sydney |
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Position: Indigenous Education Worker, Yirara College, Finke
River Mission, near Alice Springs |
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Position: Associate Lecturer, Nulloo Yumbah, Central Queensland
University, Rockhampton |
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Position: Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer in Indigenous Health,
School of Rural Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health
Sciences, Monash University |
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Position: Senior Resource Officer, Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander Housing, Queensland Government, Brisbane |
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Position: Executive Officer, Aboriginal & Torres Strait
Islander Housing, Queensland Government, Brisbane |
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Position: Campus Coordinator, Nulloo Yumbah, Central Queensland
University, Bundaberg |
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| PAN is a journal publishing articles, short prose pieces and poetry exploring the philosophical, psychological and mythological underpinnings of ecological thought and practice. In this volume in particular, PAN is dedicated to voicing connections between people and place, and providing a forum for emerging conversations between indigenous and settler cultures around questions of dwelling and belonging, especially, but not exclusively, in Australia. More generally, PAN aims to revalue earth being(s) in conjunction with fostering human well-being. Seeking to bridge the gap between activism and the academy, PAN is pitched at an interdisciplinary audience, and should appeal to a wide range of readers with an interest in contemporary philosophies and practices of land and place. It seeks to introduce new literary voices to the environmental debate but also seeks to maintain in all its content the highest standards of scholarly and other-than-scholarly writing. Each issue includes scholarly articles which have been subject to independent peer review as well other contributions selected by the editors. Enquiries about submission of articles should be directed to: Kate Rigby, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, VIC, 3800 email: kate.rigby@monash.edu.au |
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Study Medicine at UNSW in 2004 The selection process for Indigenous Students entry into Medicine
at UNSW involves: Application forms are available from indigenous.med.unsw.edu.au Applications close 30 September 2003. |
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| Call for Papers - Australian Journal of Indigenous
Education You are invited to contribute papers or other material to be published in the Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. The AJIE is a peer reviewed research journal publishing articles in the field of Indigenous education, broadly defined. It is the only journal for educators devoted specifically to issues of practice, pedagogy and policy in Indigenous education in Australia. Notes to contributors and further information can be found at www.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/. If you are interested in contributing to the journal contact the editors, Jackie Huggins and Liz Mackinlay, at the Unit! |
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| Jackie Huggins has been in the news a lot lately, most recently for her participation in the Prime Minister's summit on violence in indigenous communities last week. Jackie says that the "Prime Minister knows that indigenous people, particularly the people that were at this meeting today, are going to be on his tail". |  |
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| Elizabeth Mackinlay was awarded her doctorate in the July graduation ceremonies. Liz's thesis is entitled Disturbances and Dislocations: Understanding Teaching and Learning Experiences in Indigenous Australian Women's Music and Dance. Congratulations Dr Dr Liz! |
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| In July Rose Chadwick graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Rose has one year of study left to complete a Bachelor of Education, which she will do in the near future. At present, she is working at Milpera State High School where she is overseeing and tutoring in a program designed to assist newly arrived refugee and migrant students in their English writing abilities. Rose is also sprouting wings - ready to to fly to China where she will be teaching English for six months or so. Her trip to China has come about as a result of contacts she made when on Thursday Island last year. In the future, Rose wants to work in the areas of ESL and Indigenous education. |
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| What's On | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| story place: Indigenous Art of Cape York and
the Rainforest - 25 July-9 November 2003 The story place exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery celebrates Australia's first major survey of historical and contemporary Indigenous art from the Cape York region. The exhibition runs from 25 July-9 November 2003 at the Queensland Art Gallery at South Brisbane. Free admission. For further information visit www.qag.qld.gov.au or phone (07) 3840 7303. |
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| Free Public Lecture on Indigenous Issues and Social
Justice - 28 July 2003 Noel Pearson, team leader of Cape York Partnerships (a project negotiated between the Queensland Government and Aboriginal leaders of Cape York) will deliver the Keeble Lecture from 6:00-7:00pm, July 28 in the Charles Barton Auditorium, Department of Main Roads, Spring Hill. Registration is required for catering purposes. For further details phone (07) 3289 1792 or email qld@planning.org.au. |
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| Indigenous Week@, Australian Catholic University,
McAuley at Banyo Campus - 28 July-1 August 2003 Come and join staff and students of the Weemala Indigenous Support Unit at Banyo for a week full of activities to mark ACU's Indigenous Week. Program includes Yarnin' up with Troy Cassar-Daley, Indigenous film screenings and reconciliation talking circles. For more information phone Weemala on (07) 3623 7195. |
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| 'Wis Wei Youth Health' - Oodgeroo Noonuccal Lecture
Series - 29 July 2003 A case study of the nature and extent of community participation in health education decision-making for Torres Strait Islander girls by Sue Whatman. The study is concerned with identifying stakeholders in health education for girls, the factors which promote or inhibit community participation in health education decision-making. The lecture will be held from 2-4pm on Tuesday 29 July 2003 in Room B204, Level 2, B Block, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus. For more information email s.whatman@qut.edu.au. |
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| 12th Brisbane International Film Festival - 29 July-10
August 2003 It is just about time for the 2003 BIFF which will present a range of entertaining and thought-provoking films from around the world. There will be over 200 films to choose from, including features films, experimental pieces that push the boundaries of cinema, docos, shorts, comedies, dramas, gorgeous genre-flicks and astounding, creative films that defy definition. For more information and program details check out www.biff.com.au. |
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| Australian Human Rights Policies Reactionary or Reasoned?
- 30 July 2003 Adjunct Professor Margaret Reynolds, national president of the United Nations Association, School of Political Science and International Studies, will report on the April 2003 NGO delegation to the 59th UN Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, at the United Nations Association of Australia Qld Inc. annual general meeting at 6.30pm, July 30 in the Kathleen Room, University of Queensland Staff and Graduates Club, St Lucia campus. All are welcome, RSVP required -email unaaqld@powerup.com.au. |
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| Yarnin' Up - Wednesday 30 July-Saturday 2
August 2003 Back by popular demand, Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts presents Yarnin' Up, a thought-provoking treatment of contemporary Indigenous issues that will leave you laughing all the way to the cultural combat zone. Ken, the Coordinator of a Reconciliation Council, is visited by Malcolm, a dodgy ATSIC official, and by Evey, a country girl from St George. This cultural mix raises questions about black/white issues in contemporary Australia. For further information and bookings email info@kooemba.com.au or phone (07) 3257 1433. |
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| Honouring Words: 2nd International Indigenous Authors
Celebration Tour - 30 July-12 August 2003 Honouring Words brings together highly respected and acclaimed Indigenous writers from Canada, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia to promote and celebrate the development and current status of Indigenous writing and publishing internationally. Events are being along the entire east coast of Australia. To download a copy of the full program click here. In Brisbane, Sam Watson will be MC for the welcoming of the tour from 11:00am on Wednesday 30 July at the Jagara Community Hall, Cordelia Street, South Brisbane. This event will include cultural performances, readings, the tour launch and lunch. For further information contact Sam Watson (07) 3365 5669 or email swatson@atsis.uq.edu.au. |
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| Short Course on the Archaeology of Art - 2 August
2003 Dr Noelene Cole (Honorary Research Adviser in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit) is running a short course on the "Archaeology of Art" in second semester in the Institute of Continuing and TESOL Education at the University of Queensland. This short course provides an introduction to rock art, which is one of the world's earliest art forms - painting and engraving on rock surfaces has been part of human cultures for thousands of years. The course will be run on Saturday 2 August from 10:00am-3:00pm for a fee of $69.30 (including GST). For further information go to www.icte.uq.edu.au/communityeducation/community.htm. |
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| Stolen Wages Rally - Friday 8 August, 12:00-2:00pm,
King George Square From 1897 until the early 1970s, employment, wages and savings of Aboriginal workers were controlled by successive Australian governments under compulsory labour contracts. In Queensland wages were held by the government 'in trust'. These workers have since made a claim for their wages but they have only been offered a fraction of what they are really owed. Support these workers. Support their claim for wage justice. Guest Speakers include: Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary, Indigenous coalition, community speakers from across Queensland, union speakers from Queensland, Victoria and other states and Tiga Bayles. For further information contact the Queensland Council of Unions (07) 3846 2468. |
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5th Annual Garma Festival, Gulkula, via Nhulunbuy, North-East
Arnhem Land, 8-12 August 2003 |
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| Ideas at the Powerhouse - 14-17 August 2003 Ideas at the Powerhouse is a four-day festival of ideas, innovation and invention at the Brisbane Powerhouse. Ideas at the Powerhouse is a festival for thinking, listening, connecting, talking, hearing, looking and laughing. It is entertainment, education, professional development, recreation and sport. Over four days and nights leading national, international and local thinkers, commentators and practitioners will present their challenging ideas for the future. With sessions and speakers on the most confronting ideas and challenging solutions in justice, education, design, culture, population, society, science, technology, spirit, business, sustainability and communication Ideas at the Powerhouse goes across sectors, across industries and across views. For more information visit www.ideasatthepowerhouse.com.au or email info@ideasatthepowerhouse.com.au. |
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| UQ Prayer for Reconciliation - 17 September 2003 The annual Prayer for Reconciliation will be held on Wednesday 17 September 2003, 5:30pm-7:30pm at the Natural Ampitheatre, St Lucia Campus, University of Queensland (near the Lakes). The event is co-organised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, Chaplaincy and Goorie Berrimpa. For further information, email Mary Ware at mary.ware@uq.edu.au. |
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| Managing Diversity Conference - 1-3 October 2003 The conference aims to position "diversity management" as an effective tool for creating innovative, 21st century organisations that generate equitable outcomes for both the internal and external communities they serve. The overall conference theme is "The Diversity Challenge: Good Management, Excellent Organisations, Harmonious Communities". It will be held at the Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre, Melbourne. For further details, go to the web site www.ManagingDiversityConference.com. |
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| Placing Race and Localising Whiteness: Race and Whiteness
in Australasia - 1-3 October 2003 Hosted at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, the symposium will provide an opportunity for scholars from a range of disciplines in Social Sciences and Humanities pursuing critical race research in the Australian, Asian and Pacific context to engage with each other's work and explore new meanings of race and whiteness. The symposium will host the inaugural meeting of the Australian Race and Whiteness Studies Association. The symposium will be a forum for both theoretically based and empirical studies on race and whiteness. It may cover the following questions and themes: * Where does whiteness fit into social constructionist theories of race? * How are race and whiteness constructed and challenged in localised contexts? * How do Asian and Pacific societies conceptualise race and whiteness? * How is it possible to move beyond race? * What implications does the 'new abolitionism' discourse have for societies like Australia? * How are specific environments of work and life structured by race and whiteness? * How are racialised identities and discourses of race shaped by migration? * Are settler-colony societies different from others in the way they deal with issues of race? For further information contact Dr Jane Haggis (08) 8201 2623 or email Jane.Haggis@flinders.edu.au. |
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Performance, Aesthetics and Experience National Workshop - 3-5
October 2003 |
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| Juvenile Justice Conference - 1-2 December 2003 The Australian Institute of Criminology, in conjunction with the Department of Juvenile Justice, New South Wales, is hosting a major national conference on Juvenile Justice. The aim of the conference is to provide an opportunity for practitioners, policymakers, researchers and community groups to discuss the topic, share knowledge and develop strategies to address the relevant issues. It will be held at the Citigate Sebel, Sydney. For further details, email Marianne James at Marianne.James@aic.gov.au. |
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Goorie
Berrimpa (gathering place) is the Indigenous Student Association
of the University of Queensland. Our main aim is to be a conduit
between Indigenous students, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Studies Unit and the University generally. Over the
last two years Goorie Berrimpa has endeavoured to highlight
the Indigenous perspective here at UQ. Goorie Berrimpa holds
events such as Sorry Day week and the Prayer for Reconciliation
(with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit).
The current Indigenous Student Officer is Rob Markham. For further
details contact Rob at the Goorie Berrimpa office: 
