Live Music & Cultural Activities

Enjoy live music & cultural art activities on the ground floor of the  Student Hub, Bedford Park. Proudly supported by FUSA and Yungkurrinthi. 

Monday 29 May - 11am - 2pm 
Art workshop by Mali Isabel Art

Join Mali Isabel for an art workshop in the Hub. Mali is an Arabana and Kokatha artist, living and practising on Kaurna land (Adelaide) and specialises in creating contemporary dot paintings using all colours of the rainbow to spread her message of positivity and equality.

Tuesday 30 May - 11am - 2pm
Art Workshop by Flinders Student Mya and live music by Katie Aspel

Join us for an art workshop with Flinders student and artist Mya. Mya is a Ballardong-Noongar artist from Western Australia, currently living in SA and studying Archaeology at Flinders University. 

Wednesday 31 May - 12pm - 1pm
Free donuts, live music and art activity by Flinders student Mya

Join Yungkurrinthi Staff and Students for free First Nations coloured donuts, free socially conscious, bush tucker flavoured 'Yaru' brand water, an art activity by Flinders student and artist Mya and live music. 

Donuts will also be available at Sturt and Tonsley campuses kindly provided by FUSA

By, With, For, About, Against: Evaluating information by and about First Nations People

Date: Monday 29 May
Time: 12:30pm - 1pm
Location: Humanities Courtyard

Are you looking to include Indigenous voices and perspectives in your teaching? Finding it tricky to decide what resources you should or shouldn’t use?

Join Joanne Buckskin from Indigenous Studies and Tim Ormsby from Flinders University Library during National Reconciliation Week for an informal yarning circle where we’ll discuss appropriate terminology to use when talking about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well giving some guidance on selecting and evaluating appropriate resources to use in your teaching. Bring your lunch and come chat.

Colebrook Reconciliation Park Tour 

Date: Thursday 1 June
Time: 10:30am - 12pm
Location: Colebrook Reconciliation Park, Shepherds Hill Road Karinya Reserve, Eden Hills

Join us for a free tour of the Colebrook Reconciliation Park in Eden Hills for Flinders University Students as part of National Reconciliation Week (NRW)!

Colebrook Reconciliation Park is where the Colebrook home once stood and is now a memorial for the Aboriginal children of the "Stolen Generation" and their families.

You will hear from members of the Blackwood Reconciliation Group and learn about the history of Colebrook and the meaning of the park. Visit the 'Fountain of Tears' and the 'Grieving Mother' statues sculpted by Silvio Apponyi to remember the Aboriginal children of the Stolen Generation.

FUSA will be providing transport options to the location. However, guests may also organise their own transport as well. Register for more details. 

Proudly hosted by FUSA

National Reconciliation Week Library Display

Date: Monday 29 May - Friday 2 June
Location: Central Library Entrance

Based on the theme of National Reconciliation Week "Be a voice for generations", the Library will display items from our collection by Indigenous authors

2023-2025 Innovate
Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Launch

Date: Friday 2 June 2023
Time: 11am followed by light refreshments
Location: Ground Floor Student Hub, Bedford Park 

We invite you to walk with us, so that reconciliation becomes our way as a University.

Please join us for the launch of Flinders University’s second INNOVATE Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Capturing our vision to recognise and embrace two-way exchange, that inspires generosity of spirit, truth telling and a shared path, our second INNOVATE RAP intends to more deeply embed reconciliation into the lived actions of our University community.

Grounded in the concepts of togetherness, reciprocity, and respect, we hope you can lend your support to this important event coinciding with 2023 Reconciliation Week.

For staff and students based at our other sites, you can join the online event here

2023 Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration

Date: Monday 29 May
Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Location: Bonython Hall, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, Kaurna Country

The Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia, will deliver the 16th annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration during National Reconciliation Week.

Presented by the Don Dunstan Foundation

Multimedia Lounge Screenings 

Time: 12:30pm
Location: Multimedia Lounge, Ground Floor, Student Hub

Monday 29 May
Dr Jennifer Caruso - The Uluru Statement keynote presentation

Tuesday 30 May
Dr Jennifer Caruso - The Stolen Generation keynote presentation

Dr Jennifer Caruso (B.A..Hons. PhD. (History)) is an Eastern Arrente woman whose research, writing, speaking, and facilitation focuses on the contemporary impacts of Aboriginal history across the 20thCentury. Dr Caruso’s work crosses the breadth of that history. Dr Caruso’s academic career has followed its own pattern, gaining her undergraduate and honours levels as a mature age student while lecturing in Indigenous Cultures and History at the University of Adelaide

Wednesday 31 June
Truth-Telling: Apology Day 2023 Commemoration Video

To commemorate the National Apology on 13 February 2008, Reconciliation SA released a 2023 Apology Commemoration Video including commemoration music performed by Robert Taylor and members of the ASO, truth-telling documentary and Always Was, Always Will Be, dance performance by students at Christies Beach Primary School. 

Plaza Screenings 

Time: 12pm
Location: Plaza Screen

Monday 29 May
Fearless Conversations: Reconciliation for our Future
Facilitated by 7NEWS Journalist and Presenter, Jane Doyle OAM, the panel includes Hon Kyam Maher - Attorney-General of SA,  Shona Reid - CEO of Reconciliation SA,  Flinders University's Associate Professor Simone Ulalka Tur - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) and Uncle Richard Fejo - Senior Elder on campus in Darwin. 

Tuesday 30 May
Indigenous Strategy Workshop
Recording of a workshop presented by Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Simone Tur, Louise Mitchell, Manager Yungkurrinthi, Anna Schkabaryn, RAP Project Officer and Cindy D’Angelo, Indigenous Employment Coordinator (Corporate Services). 

Wednesday 31 May
National Indigenous Television (NITV)

Thursday 1 June
FEARLESS approach to Reconciliation Workshop
Recording of a workshop presented by Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Simone Tur and Flinders RAP Awardees

Friday 2 June
National Indigenous Television (NITV)