Archives for a dry and drying land
In October 2020, Centre Director Ruth Morgan presented the Annual Lecture for the ANU Archives and Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives. The lecture is now available online via Youtube. By…
Centres in Conversation - Oceanic Histories
Many thanks to Yuin artist Natalie Bateman for sharing her work with us - her painting is titled djirali muriyira (blood whale). Please visit her website to see more of her work. Last year we…
Eaglehawk and Crow: Aboriginal knowledges, imperial networks and the evolution of religion
Deputy Director Laura Rademaker recently published this article in Journal of Colonialism and Colonial history. In ‘Eaglehawk and Crow: Aboriginal knowledges, imperial networks and the…
How historically accurate is the film High Ground? The violence it depicts is uncomfortably close to the truth
Laura Rademaker, the Research Centre's Deputy Director, has joined with Dr Sally K May and Senior Traditional Elder Julie Narndal Gumurdul, to consider the historical accuracy of the film 'High…
Charlotte Feakins wins at AAA 2020 Conference
'Charlotte Feakins, one of the Research Centre’s Affiliated Students, was awarded the Australian Archaeological Association Conference 2020 Best Student Paper prize and the winner of the Maureen…
New publication: On Taungurung Land
The Australian Centre for Indigenous History is pleased to announce to publication of the latest book in the Aboriginal History Monograph series: On Taungurung Land: Sharing History and Culture…
Martin Indyk on Joe Biden's Inauguration
‘Experience trumps age’, says former diplomat, Martin Indyk, in a blunt assessment of Trump’s legacy and the road ahead for Joe Biden. ‘You’d have to go back to LBJ to find a President who has more…