Truth-telling and the Ancient University (PDF)

Dr. Gavin Morris is a lecturer at Charles Darwin University, Darwin and school principal at Yipirinya School in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. He recently completed a Ph.D. examining Aboriginal trauma, the impact of colonisation and traditional healing practices of the Nauiyu Nambiyu community, a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory. The research design of this Ph.D. has been recognised as an exemplar model for relationship building and the co-creation of knowledge within Aboriginal communities. Gavin's work is now focused on teaching and research in education and Aboriginal health projects across numerous Aboriginal communities across the Northern Territory in Australia.




Dr. Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann is a member of the Ngangiwumirri language group and speaks four other local languages. Despite never attending secondary school, she became the Northern Territory's first Indigenous school teacher and the principal of St Francis Xavier school in her home community. Ungunmerr-Baumann is admired throughout the Northern Territory in Australia for the leadership and commitment she has shown, promoting education within Aboriginal communities and ensuring that Aboriginal people have the opportunity to become qualified teachers and manage their own schools. In 1998, she was appointed a member of the Order of Australia, for her services to Aboriginal education and art. In 2002, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Northern Territory University in recognition of her leadership and example in the fields of Aboriginal education and the visual arts and for her contribution to the general community in the Northern Territory.




Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson is a Jiman-Aboriginal Australian (from Central west Queensland) / Bundjalung (Northern New South Wales, Australia) woman, who also has Anglo-Celtic, and German heritage. She holds a B.A. from the University of Canberra and a Ph.D. from