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Preserving Indigenous languages

A language is said to become extinct when its last native speaker dies. Often that final breath also draws into death the identity ascribed by Indigenous people to their natural world – its plants, animals and landscape.

A language is said to become extinct when its last native speaker dies. Often that final breath also draws into death the identity ascribed by Indigenous people to their natural world – its plants, animals and landscape.

An advocate for Aboriginal identity

One of Monash's first female Aboriginal law graduates, Virginia Robinson, is working tirelessly with the Aboriginal community on issues of social justice and empowerment.

One of Monash's first female Aboriginal law graduates, Virginia Robinson, is working tirelessly with the Aboriginal community on issues of social justice and empowerment.

Met at Monash

Friendships, marriages and business partnerships continue to be forged at Monash.

Friendships, marriages and business partnerships continue to be forged at Monash.

A reckoning with history

Through the intensely personal theatre work of Tom Molyneux, we learn about an Indigenous soldier who served in World War I.

Through the intensely personal theatre work of Tom Molyneux, we learn about an Indigenous soldier who served in World War I.

Politics And Society

Faith Gordon Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social Sciences

Youth justice shame

The Australian government has been criticised by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for its youth justice failures and the rise of children with mental health issues.

The Australian government has been criticised by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for its youth justice failures and the rise of children with mental health issues.

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Paul Read Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Sciences

What lies beneath

The fires in the Amazon are already a major threat to the environment, and a potentially bigger disaster awaits below the ground. Could we reach the tipping point for climate change?

The fires in the Amazon are already a major threat to the environment, and a potentially bigger disaster awaits below the ground. Could we reach the tipping point for climate change?

Politics And Society

Rod Glover Interim Director of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI)

Reinventing how the public service works

Public servants are eager to become innovative public problem-solvers, but their leaders are standing in their way.

Public servants are eager to become innovative public problem-solvers, but their leaders are standing in their way.

Paul Satur

Paul Satur Lecturer, Water Sensitive Cities, Monash Sustainable Development Institute

Tapping into change

Safe and clean access to water and sanitation is still not a right afforded to everyone, even in Australia.

Safe and clean access to water and sanitation is still not a right afforded to everyone, even in Australia.

A Different Lens

Reimagining Australia Day

A day that is meant to bring everyone together to reflect on national identity, draws us down a dark alley of division.

Brian Martin Associate Dean (Indigenous), MADA

A day that is meant to bring everyone together to reflect on national identity, draws us down a dark alley of division.

A Different Lens

Episode 11: The Australian identity debate

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

Luke Beck Associate Professor, Law Resources

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

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John Bradley Associate Professor, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

More than words: preserving Indigenous languages

Monash Country Lines archive founder John Bradley is 38 years into a journey tracing and recording vanishing oral traditions in an Indigenous heartland.

Monash Country Lines archive founder John Bradley is 38 years into a journey tracing and recording vanishing oral traditions in an Indigenous heartland.

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John Bradley Associate Professor, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

That's what I'm talking about

A series of animated films is future-proofing Indigenous culture, language and knowledge for generations to come.

A series of animated films is future-proofing Indigenous culture, language and knowledge for generations to come.

Liam Brady

Liam Brady Senior Lecturer, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

Artwork for the ages

Rock carvings dating back tens of thousands of years provide a window into the deep prehistory of indigenous Australia.

Rock carvings dating back tens of thousands of years provide a window into the deep prehistory of indigenous Australia.

Transfer of knowledge

There’s a range of mentoring programs at Monash University. Here, recent participants discuss the benefits of being involved.

There’s a range of mentoring programs at Monash University. Here, recent participants discuss the benefits of being involved.

Gifted educator draws on culture

Kylie Clarke has been a mentor, a teacher, a backpacker and even designed an Indigenous guernsey for the Western Bulldogs. But it took a serious illness to put life into perspective.

Kylie Clarke has been a mentor, a teacher, a backpacker and even designed an Indigenous guernsey for the Western Bulldogs. But it took a serious illness to put life into perspective.

Shaped by the heat

Yhonnie Scarce’s work has appeared in galleries around the world, including the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Venice Biennale. She talks to Monash Life about Australia’s contemporary art scene.