Events

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art reveals the importance and brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and knowledge while confronting the brutality of Australia’s colonial history. The exhibition features more than 400 works, including rarely seen Indigenous works of art and cultural objects from the University of Melbourne’s collections.

Curated by Associate Provost and Distinguished Professor Marcia Langton AO, Senior Curator Judith Ryan AM, and Associate Curator Shanysa McConville – in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and custodians of art traditions – the exhibition explores the belated recognition of Indigenous art and its rise to prominence globally.

Please join us from 5:30pm for some light refreshments at the venue before a 6:00pm start. 

The Indigenous Law and Justice Hub presents White Noise: In Conversation with Dr Carwyn Jones hosted by Professor Eddie Cubillo.

Join renowned Indigenous legal scholars Carwyn Jones ( Ngāti Kahungunu ) and Eddie Cubillo (Larrakia, Wadjigan and Central Arrente) for a thought-provoking dialogue exploring Indigenous legal thought, practice, and movements. This conversation will reflect on their experiences and expertise across a range of critical themes, including:

• Indigenous peoples and constitutionalism in Australia and Aotearoa
• Learning from Te Tiriti o Waitangi, treaty settlements and the recent Toitū Te Tiriti movement, in the context of Victorian Treaty negotiations.
• Reflecting on Indigenous higher education, Wānangas as Indigenous Universities, and educating for the revitalisation of Indigenous legal traditions

• Influence of Indigenous legal traditions in settler courts, reflecting on New Zealand Courts approach following Ellis

• International Indigenous solidarity movements.

White Noise of settler law is the Hub’s hallmark event series and podcast. It features a series of justice talks with leading Indigenous academics, legal practitioners and community as guest speakers for a look at how the while settler law of the justice system continues to affect Indigenous people.