In Semester 1, 2025 Uniting College for Leadership and Theology offered its first Indigenous Studies unit led by Adnyamathanha Elder Rev. Dr. Aunty Denise Champion with Dr Rosemary Dewerse.
Tag - Indigenous
Rosemary Dewerse
Creating a new narrative for our nation
Professor Anne Pattel-Gray speaks on her experiences surrounding education, finding purpose and the upcoming conference, ‘Raising our Tribal Voice for Justice: An Indigenous Theological Revolution,’ that will draw...
School of Indigenous Studies
Voice, Treaty & Truth Resources
The School of Indigenous Studies recommends the following resources related to the Voice to Parliament & the Yes vote. The website for Together, Yes (the kitchen table conversations movement for the Voice) can be...
University of Divinity
‘It is good’: a reflection on land, healing and hope
The NAIDOC Theme for 2021 is “Healing Country”. Country needs to be understood as more than just a place. Country encompasses every aspect of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person's life. When we think...
Naomi Wolfe
National Reconciliation Week 2021
"Reconciliation takes action gives us the perfect opportunity for non-Indigenous people to take some time to do their own education – attending public events, checking out library resources, reading up on their local...
National Sorry Day
As Sorry Day approaches again for another year, it is still important to remember that Stolen Generation members are still directly affected by these past policies, that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities...
On Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann’s ‘Dadirri’
Revd Dr Garry Deverell on how Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann’s invitation to come listen (‘dadirri’) to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is deeply radical.
Garry Worete Deverell
‘Boundless plains to share’: Why the National Anthem supports and encourages Australia’s original sin
Rev Dr Garry Deverell (Vice-Chancellor's Fellow in Indigenous Theologies) on why the National Anthem supports and encourages Australia’s original sin.
Singing Bones: Ancestral Creativity and Collaboration
Of my earliest encounters with Wägilak manikay (song), one memory stands out vividly. I had just heard a performance of Crossing Roper Bar, a wild admixture of free-jazz improvisation and ceremonial manikay bringing...
Samuel Curkpatrick
Common Grace: Walk together this Reconciliation Week
Common Grace is a movement of Christians who are passionate about Jesus and justice. Led by UD alumna and current student Brooke Prentis, this National Reconciliation Week, Common Grace is curating resources to help...