🌿✨ Our spaces just got a whole lot more beautiful! We're thrilled to now have Connections—the stunning artwork by celebrated Yirrganydji artist Karen Wallace (Mundejah)—adorning the offices of our Business Operations Team at James Cook University, Nguma-bada Campus, Smithfield.

www.ilf.org.au 📚✨ Today is Indigenous Literacy Day! ✨📚 This year’s theme, “Strength in our Stories: For Now & Future Generations,” reminds us of the power of storytelling in keeping knowledge, identity, and language alive.

We are thrilled to share that Dr Vincent Backhaus, CIEHF’s Manager of Research and Training, alongside Professor Stewart Lockie and Professor Andrew Day, has been awarded an ARC Discovery grant for their groundbreaking project: “Caring for Country: Knowledge challenges to reconnecting with Country.”

🌊 CIEHF Gunditj Mirring Submerged Cultural Landscapes Workshop 🌊 CIEHF members joined Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation staff for a day long workshop this week to explore priorities for Nyamat Mirring (Sea Country). Photos at Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre 🐚

🌿 New Opportunity | Queensland Museum 🌿 Queensland Museum, is now recruiting a Principal Curator, First Nations Cultures (Indigenous Identified position). 🕒 Applications close: Tuesday 26 August 2025 📍 Location: South Brisbane, QLD 📄 Learn more and apply here: smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-QM6...

Congratulations to CIEHF Chief Investigator Prof Jason Sharples (@UNSW) on his new Nature piece calling for science together with Indigenous knowledge to tackle extreme wildfires and protect Country. Read full article here: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #FireScience #IndigenousKnowledge #CIEHF

A big congratulations from all of us at CIEHF to Professor Martin Nakata on his appointment as Chair of the Northern Australia Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) The IRG advises the Albanese Government on boosting economic and social prosperity for First Nations peoples across the north.

Such great news and now this new @theconversation.com piece also explains why Murujuga’s World Heritage listing is so special. A win for Ngarda-Ngarli Custodians, 50,000+ years of care for Country, and all Australians. 🔗 theconversation.com/we-were-part... #Murujuga #UNESCO #CIEHF #DeepTime

Great news from the World Heritage Committee in France. The world’s largest sand island will now be known globally by its Traditional name—K’gari. This week the name K’gari was formally adopted in honour of the Butchulla people, who have cared for and belonged to this Country for over 60,000 years.

Dr Jacinta Walsh, a Jaru Kitja Yawuru woman & CIEHF Research Fellow, has been Highly Commended for the 2025 John Mulvaney Fellowship for her vital work on Indigenous archive access in the Kimberley. Honouring truth-telling, kinship & ancestral legacy. Congratulations! 🌿 #CIEHF #OnCountry #NAIDOC2025

News from Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation and the Ngarda-Ngarli custodians on UNESCO World Heritage listing of the Murujuga Landscape! Over 1 million petroglyphs are now recognised for their Outstanding Universal Value. We honour the generations who made this possible. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Here is The Conversation piece just out involving some of our CIEHF researchers. Definitely worth a read. theconversation.com/melting-ice-...

🌧️ New research led by Prof Michael Bird reveals ancient pollen shows intense monsoon bursts in Aus tied to Northern Hemisphere ice melt. As the Gulf Stream weakens, we could see wetter north Aus & drier East Asia. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congrats to CIEHF AI Prof Kathryn Fitzsimmons on her ARC Future Fellowship! Her project will reveal how Australia's deserts formed—and what could reawaken them. Big data + climate models = resilience for dryland futures. 🔗 @MonashUni #CIEHF #ARCFutureFellowship Image taken on Bindal Country

Huge congrats to Centre Chief Investigator A/Prof Felecia Watkin Lui on her ARC Future Fellowship! Her project centres Torres Strait Islander voices in climate migration research—supporting resilience, health & Sea Country connection. 🌊 Image of retaining walls on Masig in Torres Strait

New research featuring Prof Sean Ulm reveals how rising seas shaped early Australian settlement. Submerged Sahul once potentially supported 500,000 people. Now, artefacts and stories are resurfacing—calling for urgent protection submerged cultural sites. 🔗 www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth...

So many congratulations to my dear colleague @jojomcd.bsky.social and @ciehf.bsky.social Chief Investigator on receiving an ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship for her project Pilbara Dreaming: Rock Art, Water and Heritage Futures!

Exciting week at CIEHF — our first-ever Annual Report has arrived! 🎉 A celebration of how far we’ve come, together. Grateful to all our partners and community for making this possible. 📚 Looking back, looking forward — caring for Country. Now to jump in and have a read! 🌊🌿 #CIEHF #OnCountry

Where the Water Starts 🌊🌿 CIEHF’s Dr Frédérik Saltré & Wiradjuri river guide Richard Swain led a powerful Q&A at @austmus on caring for fragile alpine environments last Saturday. Watch the trailer for this insightful new documentary here: vimeo.com/838259762 #CaringForCountry #WhereTheWaterStarts

Working on Country A powerful gathering with GBK & CIEHF on Masig in March, where we discussed climate & on Country research. Watch the video and hear from Masig PBC Chair Yessie Mosby: lnkd.in/gAviPHtW Heartfelt thanks to the Masigalgal community for hospitality and to all the GBK members & staff.

Honouring Eddie Koiki Mabo on this, Mabo Day. This year’s Oration in Gimuy marked 20 years of reflection and celebration. Great to see CIEHF’s Sean Ulm and Sonia Hope there to share the insight offered by Katie Kiss, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

At CIEHF we are Honouring National Sorry Day — a day of reflection and commitment to healing. National Sorry Day honours the Stolen Generations and calls on all Australians to acknowledge the painful legacy of forced child removals and their continuing impact. Start a conversation. Raise awareness.

In sunny Townsville on Wulgurukaba Country today with CIEHF archaeologists (and friends of!) marking #2025NAW 🧡 Yunbenun (Magnetic Island) in the background. Grateful to be guided by Ashley from @wulgurukabawalkabouts #OnCountry #CIEHF #IndigenousFutures #Archaeology #wulgurukabawalkabouts

Join in this important global conversation on researcher wellbeing 🗓️ Thursday, 22 May | ⏰ 5:30–6:30pm AEST | 💻 Online 🔗 Register now www.eventbrite.com.au/e/researcher... AASERT Network invites you to a vital international webinar: "Researcher Wellbeing: A Global Context".

We’re hiring! 🌿 Join CIEHF at our JCU Node as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Land and Sea Management. Work on Country, blending Indigenous Knowledges & science for a better future. Apps close 22 May 2025. For full details see the link below: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...

Next week is National Archaeology Week #NAW2025! Join Dr Paul Irish on Tues 20 May for “Where’s the evidence? The archaeology of Sydney’s Aboriginal history.” Hosted by ASHA. 6pm AEDT. Register: lnkd.in/ghJChhmA

We’re backing the #LifetimeOfGreatness movement to nominate the Great Barrier Reef as the first non-human recipient of @UNEP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. A living legacy, a global protector—let’s make history in 2025. 🌊💛 #SeaCountry #CaringForCountry #UNEP alifetimeofgreatness.com#project

We’re hiring! 🌿 Join CIEHF at our JCU Node as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Land and Sea Management. Work on Country, blending Indigenous Knowledges & science for a better future. Apps close 22 May 2025. For full details see the link below: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...

🌿 Don’t miss CIEHF Partner Investigator Gerry Turpin on Gardening Australia tonight! Hear his story on Country, culture & plants. Filmed at JCU’s Nguma-bada Campus, showcasing deep knowledge and care for Land and Sea Country. 📺 ABC 7:30pm | Sun 1:30pm | Stream on iView.

Celebrating Innovation Grounded in Culture Nominations are now open for the 2025 ATSE Traditional Knowledge Innovation Award! Do you know someone weaving together cultural knowledge and modern science to solve today’s challenges? Learn more and nominate now: www.atse.org.au/what-we-do/a...

Two Ways to See: A Rock Art Research Journey Don’t miss this powerful free public lecture on how Traditional Owners and scientists are revealing 50,000 years of art, climate and resilience. ANU School of Culture, History & Language Thursday 27 March, 6–7:30pm Bookings: chl.anu.edu.au/event/two-wa...

CIEHF Chief Investigator Professor Corey Bradshaw will be taking the stage at TEDxSydney 2025. This year’s theme, Three Horizons, invites us to explore urgent questions about our interconnected world and imagine bold, transformative futures. Tickets here: www.tedxsydney.com/tedxsydney20...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne. 🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...

A Groundbreaking Waka Discovery in Rēkohu (Chatham Islands) Over 450 artefacts from a carved waka have been unearthed in the Chatham Islands. CIEHF CAC member, Maui Solomon, says the find aligns with Moriori oral traditions recorded in the 19th century. Article: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

New Job Opportunity - Research Fellow (Palaeoecology/Geography) at ANU The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is seeking a Research Fellow to join its ANU Node in Canberra Details in the attached link. For inquiries: [email protected]

Here's one for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ECRs & PhD students This prestigious award from the Australian Academy of the Humanities supports emerging Indigenous scholars working in any area of the humanities. 🔗 Learn more & apply: humanities.org.au/grants-and-a...

🌿 Postdoc Opportunity: Environmental Time-Series Modelling 📍 Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country 📅 Closing: 16 March 2025 💰 Salary: $86,423 – $104,734 + 17% super For full details go to the the link below: flinders.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/flinde...

This week on Larrakia Country, the Nth Aust Savanna Fire Forum brought together over 500 attendees to discuss the future of Indigenous-led fire management. CIEHF’s Distinguished Professor Michael Bird presented on how Indigenous fire management practices sequester carbon as charcoal in soil.

Did you miss the ARDC HASS and Indigenous Research Data Summer School 2025? Catch up with the recap webinar featuring CIEHF’s own Data Manager, Matt Harris, who attended the Summer School and will be sharing his experiences with others as a panelist. Details below ardc.edu.au/event/what-h...

Counting Down to the 2025 North Australia Savanna Fire Forum! CIEHF’s Distinguished Professor Michael Bird will lead a workshop on how Indigenous fire management sequesters carbon as charcoal in soil—a key insight for climate resilience. www.icin.org.au/2025_savanna...

Exciting Job Opportunities at JCU – ATSIMS Program These are identified positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Both are based in Bebegu Yumba Campus, applications close Feb 23. Project Officer: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/project... Coordinator: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/coordin...

We are proud to share that Dr Gerry Turpin, a CIEHF Partner Investigator with the Queensland Herbarium, has been awarded the prestigious Public Service Medal (PSM) for his outstanding public service to ethnobotany and championing Indigenous science and research.

Excited to share the beautiful artwork which hangs in CIEHFs central business operations offices at JCU - Nguma bada Campus. Appreciation to artist Karen Wallace (Mundejah) for creating this unique piece, representative of this journey.

Did you catch the 2024 Whyte Lecture on Indigenous Data Sovereignty? Join Professor Chris Lawrence, a proud Wadjak/Ballardong man, for a transformative discussion on the power of data sovereignty for Indigenous communities. Watch the replay here: www.monash.edu/it/events/20...

Happy New Year from all of us here at CIEHF! May 2025 bring deeper connections and understandings through embracing and celebrating our differences. #CIEHF #seekconnections #2025 #HNY2025

Did you know that modern-day shells hold clues to life and climates of the past? To learn more, feel free to check out this latest research paper involving several CIEHF members. ciehf.au/wp-content/u...

Applications Are Now Open Are you an Honours or Masters student at an AINSE Member Institution? The 2025 AINSE Pathway Scholarships offer a $5,000 stipend to support your studies! For full details and how to apply visit: ainse.edu.au/pathway

Have you checked out our CIEHF.au website lately? We've been hard at work adding new content, with even more exciting updates on the way. 2024 has been an incredible start for the Centre, and we're only just beginning. Wishing everyone a fantastic weekend! #CIEHF #ciehfcoe

Another busy week with the Australian Archaeological Association’s Annual Conference currently being held in Cairns. Many CIEHF members (including a SING Australia plenary panel) are attending and our very own Sean and Vincent were spotted at the CIEHF information table 📷

Exciting new Post Doctoral Position with CIEHF has just been released at our University of Western Australia (UWA) node! Head to their careers and jobs page for more information. external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... Closing date: 12:00 PM AWST on Tuesday, 10 December 2024