Talks & Performance

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A real history of Aboriginal Australians, the first agriculturalists | Bruce Pascoe

Indigenous writer and anthologist Bruce Pascoe draws on first-hand accounts from colonial journals to dispel the myth that Aboriginal people were hunters and gatherers and "did nothing with the...

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How to be Faithful to a Face – Reconstructing an Egyptian Mummy | Jennifer Mann

Jennifer Mann’s love of portrait sculpting led her down an intriguing path, to study forensic facial reconstruction. In this talk she explains how she brought back to life the...

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Understanding Systematic Oppression and Institutionalised Racism

Kyol Blakeney gives a powerful presentation about understanding the concept of systematic oppression and institutionalised racism. This ranged from presenting ideas about the current structure we live under in...

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Ideas

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TEDxSydney 2017 Speakers – Judy Atkinson

If Australians have a will to Reconciliation, why hasn’t it happened yet? Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson surveys the changes we’ve made and that are yet to come.

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TEDxSydney 2017 Speakers – David Hunt

In 2012, author David Hunt was working on a new historical sketch comedy for television. The show was pulled but, by then, Hunt knew what was next. “I’d become fascinated...

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