Program and events

Venue

Building 1292
Charles Sturt University Bathurst
Minimbah Place
Mitchell NSW 2795

The nearest visitor parking is Carpark #7 on Village Drive.

Conference and speaker information

Program handout (pdf)

Speaker biographies and abstracts (pdf)

Program

Thursday 15 August 2024

Morning

8.30–9.00am Attendee and Presenter Check-in

9–9.45am Welcome to Country and Keynote presentations

Bathurst-based Wiradyuri Elders
  • Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr-Smith
  • Dinawan Dyirribang Uncle Bill Allen
  • Yanhadarrambal Uncle Jade Flynn
Poetry reading

Josh Simpson

Chair: Yanhadarrambal Uncle Jade Flynn

9.45–10.30am Keynote presentation

Lynda-June Coe, Wiradyuri Resistance: Then and Now

Chair: Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr-Smith

10.30–11.15am Panel session and audio visual presentation

Associate Professor Dallas Rogers, Dr Laurence Troy, Professor Andrew Leach, and Dr Clare Cooper, Mapping the Frontiers of Private Property in Bathurst

Chair: Dr John Gaffey

11.15–11.45am Morning tea and Poster Session

11.45am–12.45pm Panel Discussion

  • Mina Murray, bilawi-girbang naabarra-nganhal: wanhamindyarra
  • Dr Jack Clear, Bathurst and Narrandera: Connecting and Contextualising the two Wiradyuri Wars, 1822-1841
  • Dr Ray Kerkhove, Reconstructing the Other Side of the Frontier: An Introduction to First Nations' Military Tactics

Chair: Dr Stephen Gapps

Afternoon

12.45–1.45pm Light Lunch and Poster Session

1.45–2.15pm Panel Session

The Impact and Implications of Martial Law

  • Dr Samuel White
  • Ben Hingley

Chair: Professor Alison Gerard

2.15–3pm Film Presentation and In Conversation

  • Dr Jenny Fraser's film screening, Tamkoorum
  • David Marr, Killing for Country, In Conversation with Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr-Smith, Yanhadarrambal Uncle Jade Flynn, and Lynda-June Coe

3–3.30pm Afternoon Tea and Poster Session

3.30–4.15pm Panel Discussion

  • Dr Stephen Gapps, A Very Uncivil War: Declaring Martial Law in Bathurst
  • Rachel Caines, Bathurst, (Bi)Centenaries, and Commemorative Tradition

Chair: Adjunct Associate Professor Leonora Ritter

4.15–5pm Keynote Presentation

Distinguished Professor Marcia Langton, Truth-telling in Dhoombak Goobgoowanna: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne

Chair: Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr-Smith and Arlia Fleming

5–5.15pm Song Performance and Smoking Ceremony

  • Song Performance: Yanhadarrambal Uncle Jade Flynn
  • Smoking Ceremony: Emmitt Carr-Smith

Friday 16 August 2024

Morning

8.30–9.00am Attendee and Presenter Check-in

9.00–9.45am Poetry readings and Sky Country Talk

  • Associate Professor Jeanine Leane and Josh Simpson, Poetry readings
  • Karlie Noon, Sky Country in August

Chair: Yanhadarrambal Uncle Jade Flynn

9.45–10.45am Panel Discussion

  • Uncle Lloyd Dolan, The Importance of Revitalisation of Language
  • Lachlan McDaniel, The Importance of Revitalisation of Culture Beyond Language

Chair: Rebecca Lewis

10.45–11:15am Morning Tea and Poster Session

11.15am–12.15pm Panel Discussion

  • Professor Alison Gerard, Maureen Bates-McKay and Arlia Fleming, Transforming Conflict in Bathurst and the Importance of Allyship

Chair: Arlia Fleming

Afternoon

12.15–1.15pm Light Lunch and Poster Session

1.15–2.15pm Panel Discussion

Chair: Lynda-June Coe

2.15–3.15pm Panel Discussion

  • Dr Lana Leslie
  • Flinn Donovan
  • Debra Mainwaring

Leading Safe Truth-telling: Community Yarns on the Australian Wars

Dr Sara Tomkins, Eleni Serras, and John Gibbs, Developing Culturally-Safe Education Kits about Martial Law in Bathurst

Chair: Mina Murray

3.15–3.45pm Afternoon Tea and Poster Session

3.45–4.45pm Panel Discussion

Members of the Wiradyuri Traditional Owners Central West Aboriginal Corporation, Where to From Here?

Chair: Arlia Fleming

4.45–5pm Song Performance and Smoking Ceremony

  • Song Performance: Yanhadarrambal Uncle Jade Flynn
  • Smoking Ceremony: Emmitt Carr-Smith

Other Dhuluny events

Bathurst 11-18 August 2024

These events offer the opportunity to share and understand the true history of our country and celebrate the resilience of the Wiradyuri Nation.

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