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2016 Edition 1 (PDF 8MB) EDITION 1 2016 PRECIOUS POLES THE ART OF STRESS TEST, PRESERVE RESTORING MALE TEACHER TIWI STORIES HOPE SHORTAGE EDITION 1 2016 ORIGINS FEATURES REGULARS 3 From the Vice-Chancellor Precious poles preserve 8 cultural stories 4 Snapshot 28 Q & A Cranes stand tall on 10 threatened species’ list 30 The Art Gallery 32 CDU Publishing All in the game – whether 14 it’s Alice or the Arctic 16 The art of restoring hope Stress test spells out male 22 teacher shortage Arts, science merge in 26 micro-world ORIGINS Origins magazine is produced by Charles Darwin University’s Oce of Media, Advancement and Community Engagement (MACE). MACE is grateful to the following people for their contributions and assistance in compiling this edition: Angus Cameron, Rose Cameron, Andrew Campbell, Fiona Carter, Samantha Disbray, Gretchen Ennis, Mitzi Ferguson, Taylor Fishlock, Gretchen CONTRIBUTORS Geng, Kate Golebiowska, Linda Joy, Marilynne Kirshbaum, Steve Larkin, NT Government, Sarah Patrick Nelson Pirrie, Hayley Richmond, Eymard Tungatalum and Robert van Zalinge. Patrick catches up with former Australian Olympian Mitzi Ferguson, who is now living in the Red Centre from where she Opinions and views expressed in this edition do is examining the impact of sport and recreation on people’s not necessarily reect those of Charles Darwin wellbeing in remote regions of Australia and Canada. In other University. stories, Patrick investigates a collection of rare Warumungu Reproduction of material from Origins requires language stories, recorded by a linguist 50 years ago. And written permission from Robyn McDougall: always with a camera at the ready, Patrick’s images can be E [email protected] found throughout this edition of rigins. Charles Darwin University Ellengowan Drive Katie Weiss Darwin, Northern Territory 0909 Katie returns to the classroom to investigate the reasons behind Australia a shortage of male teachers that is sweeping the nation. She also ISSN: 2204-0781 (print) explores an endangered Top End ecosystem that is drawing ISSN: 2204-079X (online) together artists and scientists. Katie also was present at the installation on Casuarina campus of three sacred Pukumani Published July 2016 poles that tell a story dating back to the beginning of time. This edition is also available at: W cdu.edu.au/mace CRICOS Provider No. 00300K (NT) Leanne Miles No. 03286A (NSW) RTO Provider No. 0373 Leanne explores an extraordinary program that employs art Editor: Robyn McDougall to improve the health and wellbeing of people who are dealing Project manager: Julia Collingwood with cancer. She speaks with both the CDU researchers and Designer: R.T.J. Klinkhamer the women who have joined the program, and discovers the Printer: Lane Print + Post dierence the program is making to their lives. Leanne also speaks with a PhD candidate, who is undertaking his research Text face: Minion Pro in Cambodia to aid the future conservation of the globally Display face: Myriad Pro threatened Sarus Crane. Origins is printed from vegetable-based inks and 98 per cent of waste and by-products of the process have been recycled into paper products, alternative fuels and miscellaneous materials. The paper used in this edition of Origins is carbon neutral and is manufactured with 55 per cent recycled content. It has been manufactured by a Certied Printer using Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) pulp sourced from sustainable, well-managed forests. Cover: Sarus Crane. Image: iStock, photographer Sumittra Buarapha. Inside cover: Double delight – lled with summer rain, Ilparpa Swamp mirrors the magnicent MacDonnell mountain range. Image: Patrick Nelson, Alice Springs. 2 ORIGINS 1 / 2016 FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR Commemorating 50 years since long, historic walk uesday 23 August 2016 marks an 200 Aboriginal stockmen, servants and to develop their own cattle station. ey historic anniversary not only for their families o the station to protest waited, they lobbied, and they never gave Indigenous people of Australia, their wretched work and pay conditions, up hope in the ensuing years. Tbut also for the entire nation. is day and pastoralists routinely seizing e break came when Gough Whitlam marks 50 years since the Wave Hill Walk- Aboriginal land. became Prime Minister in 1972 and o, which proved a watershed for the e men, women and children le negotiated the hand back of more than Aboriginal land rights movement in this Wave Hill and walked to the east for 3000 km2 of land to the Gurindji people – country. about 30 km and set up camp on their by any measure, it was an historic moment Wave Hill Station, then owned by traditional land at Daguragu on the banks in this nation’s history. Vesteys – a British pastoral company – of Wattie Creek. is was the beginning At Daguragu, Prime Minister Whitlam and located 600 km south of Darwin, of a strike that would last almost a transferred leasehold title to the Gurindji, was the scene in 1966 of a walk-o of its decade and, ultimately, pave the way for symbolically handing soil to Vincent Aboriginal stockmen and their families. Aboriginal land rights in Australia. Lingiari. e Gurindji campaign was an Gurindji elder and the station’s head e Gurindji people sought the important inuence on the events that stockman, Vincent Lingiari led around return of some of their traditional land led to the passing of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) 1976. Charles Darwin University commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hilll Walk-o during our annual Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture in August. e university has a long and proud record of working with Indigenous communities across the Northern Territory in the areas of research, education, training and capacity building. In these pages of rigins you will learn more about how the university and Indigenous communities work together. You will learn about the restoration and reinstallation on Casuarina campus of three Pukumani poles, which tell the Tiwi Islander people’s story of Creation. You also will read about how an endangered Indigenous language, which was recorded 50 years ago just when Vincent Lingiari was leading the Wave Hill Walk-o, is being translated into English, with the assistance of descendants of the people whose voices were captured on the tapes. I hope you enjoy these and other stories about CDU’s impacts and interests in this edition of rigins. Professor Simon Maddocks Vice-Chancellor 3 ORIGINS 1 / 2016 SNAPSHOT CDU appoints rst Larrakia academic-in-residence A respected Larrakia elder, who is acknowledged internationally as a community communicator, healer and teacher of the ancient wisdoms of Aboriginal spirituality and healing, has been appointed as Charles Darwin University’s rst Larrakia academic-in- residence. Bilawara Lee has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of education and health and is an internationally published author. Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Leadership Professor Steven Larkin said the position recognised the importance and respect given to the custodians of Newly installed Chancellor Mr Neil Balnaves AO. Image: Jeremy Dixon knowledges in Indigenous societies and demonstrated the commitment POWER CHANGES HANDS AT CEREMONY to Indigenous knowledges in CDU’s learning, teaching and research. Northern Territory community leaders symbolising the transfer of power and “e Larrakia academic-in-residence and interstate guests joined Charles authority to him as the new leader of the will be responsible for providing a range Darwin University sta and governing University Council. of culturally informed guidance, direction Council members for the installation e ceremony was ociated by the and support to CDU’s Indigenous and ceremony of Mr Neil Balnaves AO as the NT Administrator, His Honour e non-Indigenous students, sta and third Chancellor of the university. Honourable John Hardy OAM. stakeholders,” Professor Larkin said. e event began with an academic Mr Balnaves, who now leads the He said the position was part of a range procession and a smoking ceremony by 15-member University Council, took over of commitments at CDU to formally Larrakia elders, and involved the out- from Ms omas, who had completed two acknowledge the Larrakia people as the going Chancellor, e Honourable Sally terms in the position. e rst Chancellor traditional owners of the land on which omas AC, handing over the university’s of CDU was Mr Richard Ryan AO. Casuarina campus, the headquarters of ceremonial mace to Mr Balnaves, CDU, is built. e position is part of an historic memorandum of understanding Ground-breaking accounting accounting in an innovative way with the signed to strengthen the relationship course goes global exibility to complete it when and where between CDU and the Larrakia Nation they wanted. e university has launched a bilingual Aboriginal Corporation and the Larrakia “e course is an introduction to Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Development Corporation. accounting and includes lms, music and for people across the globe who wish to interactive exercises covering the three improve their knowledge of accountancy. modules of basic accounting, nancial e MOOC, entitled “Who’s Counting: accounting and management accounting,” An interactive introduction to everyday Dr James said. accounting”, was developed by CDU in e course was developed by the CDU partnership with China’s Anhui Normal Business School in collaboration the University (ANU). It is partially in Economics and Business School at ANU Chinese (Mandarin) and fully in English in Wuhu, China and demonstrated a and aims to provide anyone from high growing and important partnership. school students to business owners with ANU is one of the partner universities an interactive and immersive experience. in CDU’s Confucius Institute, which has Associate Professor in Accounting a focus on teaching Chinese language and Wendy James said the course was culture through innovative new media Larrakia elder Bilawara Lee is CDU’s rst structured to give people a taste of and creative arts technologies.” Larrakia academic-in-residence.
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