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Recognition of Melissa Marshall as an outstanding female in Australian science

8 MAR 2024

As part of International Women’s Day 2024, Cosmos showcased the achievements of 50 of Australia’s outstanding female researchers and scientists who were identified with the support of the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) and Australia’s five Learned Academies. Our very own Director, Associate Professor Melissa Marshall was recognised as one of the 50 remarkable and inspirational women in Australian science.

What's in a name?

3 DEC 2023

Stephen Kinnane’s powerful contribution to ABC Social Affairs Reporter Erin Parke’s podcast and report on the history of naming Aboriginal people in the Kimberley and Northern Australia.

Congratulating Aspire Award winner Melissa Marshall

13 NOV 2023

The University of Notre Dame Australia is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2023 Notre Dame Aspire Award is Dr Melissa Marshall from our Nulungu Research Institute in Broome.

‘Government all over us like a rash’: the broken service delivery system in remote Aboriginal communities

20 SEP 2023

Professor Patrick Sullivan and Dr Kathryn Thorburn reflect on the findings of a series of Dialogues that were conducted in the Kimberley in 2018 – 19 and which focussed on the roadblocks to Aboriginal development in towns and remote communities of the Kimberley.

Patrick Sullivan explores the development of Australian Aboriginal policy

17 FEB 2023

Patrick Sullivan explores the development of Australian Aboriginal policy - Anthroprospective – Research as Everyday Literature.

The lie of aqua nullius, ‘nobody’s water’, prevails in Australia. Indigenous water reserves are not enough to deliver justice

23 DEC 2022

Kat Taylor, Anne Poelina and Quentin Grafton, “The lie of aqua nullius, ‘nobody’s water’, prevails in Australia. Indigenous water reserves are not enough to deliver justice”, The Conversation.

The generous philosopher

28 OCT 2022

Bruno Latour showed us how to think with the things of the world, respecting their right to exist and act on their own terms. Stephen Muecke.

Jalngangurru Healing links cultural healers with patients in outback Kimberley

21 SEP 2022

Jalngangurru Healing links cultural healers with patients in outback Kimberley.

Judges go bush to learn about Indigenous culture, with aim to deliver fairer justice in courts

14 SEP 2022

Judges go bush to learn about Indigenous culture, with aim to deliver fairer justice in courts.

Team explores reserve’s past

10 JAN 2017

Dr Kathryn Thorburn and Anna Dwyer, of Notre Dame University’s Nulungu Research Institute, recently teamed up to embark on a social history project focusing on the former reserve...