Here are 10 Australian First Nations books from the past 25 years (in no particular order) @littleredwrites.bsky.social nominates for the books of the century. So many beautiful and poignant books on this list! theconversation.com/the-abcs-top...

Wonderful new work by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country on non-returning wangim (boomerangs) theconversation.com/how-forensic... And read the full article #openaccess in @austarchj.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/0312...

ABC Deep Time Australia Launched Today Congratulations to everyone involved in working with the ABC News Story Lab to bring this project to fruition! @ciehf.bsky.social is proud to have closely collaborated on this project. www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/

Stone artefacts on submerged land surfaces: A response to Larcombe et al. Our team’s latest piece. Correcting the record. Again. Rigorous field validation reaffirms the preservation and integrity of Murujuga’s underwater cultural heritage. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxes,3sl4...

Our team has a new research paper out revisiting what we really know about Mary Watson's Cottage on Jiigurru (Lizard Island Group). Hint: The stone building is not Mary Watson's Cottage! doi.org/10.25120/qar...

Check-out The Land Bridge podcast series exploring the deep cultural history of the Bassian Plain! Each episode features a minimally edited, long interview with an expert or a team, who help us explore the deep cultural landscape which is now submerged under Bass Strait. thelandbridge.au/podcasts/

"We found when generative AIs produce images of Australia and Australians, these outputs are riddled with bias. They reproduce sexist and racist caricatures more at home in the country’s imagined monocultural past." theconversation.com/australiana-...

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them. Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates The critical thinking, problem-solving, and creative skills of Bachelor of Arts graduates are critical for navigating a future of challenges and careers that haven’t yet been imagined. #RepealJRG theconversation.com/top-australi...

Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia theconversation.com/precious-fin... Amazing new research led by GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Madeleine Kelly, Bruno David et al.

It was an honour to participate in the official opening of the new Dawul Wuru Aboriginal Corporation premises at Stratford this morning! The event was a celebration of 15 years of commitment, hard work, and the vision of everyone working for and with Dawul Wuru. @ciehf.bsky.social

Their Old People sang of a place lost beneath the waves. Now it’s found. Another fantastic achievement of the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation collaborating with our Deep History of Sea Country project. Congratulations @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social for leading this. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

A great overview by @ciehf.bsky.social's @jojomcd.bsky.social and partners of the decades-long work of Ngarda-Ngarli to protect their Country with the inscription of the Murujuga Cultural landscape to the UNESCO World Heritage List. theconversation.com/we-were-part...

Check-out Jacinta Walsh’s insightful review of @drtracywesterman.bsky.social‬’s ‘Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology’ www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c... @ciehf.bsky.social ‬

Congratulations to the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation and the whole Ngarda-Ngarli community for all their years of tireless work to achieve UNESCO World Heritage Listing for their Country! A unanimous UNESCO vote! And what a way to end #NAIDOC Week 2025! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

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

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!

Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago theconversation.com/ice-age-shel...

An exciting end of the week for us here at @ciehf.bsky.social with boxes of our very first Annual Report for 2024 arriving for distribution! A big shout out to @teresacarrette.bsky.social and all of our members and partners for contributing to a wonderful first year of operations!

What a wonderful week on Wulgurukaba and Bindal Country this week for @ciehf.bsky.social's inaugural Working on Country Masterclass lead by @jcuofficial.bsky.social's Professor Martin Nakata.

The approaching Australian Federal Election at the end of this week provides an opportunity to reflect on what the priorities of the nation should be over the next decade and beyond.

Add your signature to support the nomination of the Great Barrier Reef to become the first non-human recipient of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Lifetime Achievement Award. alifetimeofgreatness.com

Good morning with a wonderful sunrise from beautiful Lardil Country on Gununa / Mornington Island @jcuofficial.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social

Last chance to complete the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists survey. Closing 31 March 2025. www.surveymonkey.com/r/profiling2...

The Australian Academy of the Humanities is calling on the next government to back Australian thinking in the same way we back “Australian made” when it comes to manufacturing and innovation. See our statement: bit.ly/4bP4NxY

How AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism theconversation.com/how-ai-image...

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...

Under Bass Strait's surface lies a vast land humans once called home www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

@conservbytes.bsky.social take on Trump’s war on climate science is pushing us into a dystopian future theconversation.com/trumps-war-o...

How AI imagery could be used to develop fake archaeology theconversation.com/how-ai-image...

An amazing 590 respondents already to the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists! More than 1/3 of respondents so far anticipate their archaeological workplace will grow in 2025. Please complete the survey at: surveymonkey.com/r/profiling2...

An amazing 569 respondents already to the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists! More than 70% of respondents so far indicate that they are employed full-time. Please complete the survey at: surveymonkey.com/r/profiling2...

New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history theconversation.com/new-excavati... Full text of the article by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and colleagues published in @austarchj.bsky.social available at: doi.org/10.1080/0312...

An amazing 500 respondents already to the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists! More than 1/3 of respondents so far indicate that they have a PhD or MPhil. Please complete the survey at: surveymonkey.com/r/profiling2...

Already 460 respondents to our Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists! 1/3 indicate that they worked for more than 1 employer in 2024. QLD, SA & ACT are still poorly represented. Please complete the survey at: surveymonkey.com/r/profiling2...

Celebrate truth, knowledge and cultures with Always Was, Always Will Be this 19-26 January 2025 on NITV and SBS #TheFirstInventors www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...

An amazing 244 respondents already to our Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists! BUT only 12 from South Australia and 4 from the ACT! Where are you????? Please complete the survey at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/profiling2... #AustralianArchaeology

Congratulations @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social! Wonderful to see this paper out! @ciehf.bsky.social #AustralianArchaeology

Another great @ciehf.bsky.social postdoc job opportunity, this time at the UWA Node: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... #AustralianArchaeology

Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists Help us build a profile of professional archaeology in Australia! Now in its 20th year, this survey develops an understanding of our discipline and how it is changing. www.surveymonkey.com/r/profiling2...

This week I’ve had the privilege to work with elder Uncle Mick Eggmolesse out on beautiful Byelle Sea Country on Heron Island training the next cohort of brilliant #MasterReefGuides #CIEHF

Excavations in Boodie Cave on Barrow Island off northwest Western Australia in Thalanyji Country recovered 27 scaphopod segments in deposits dating between 13,500 and 10,600 years ago. #australianarchaeology

Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived theconversation.com/aboriginal-p... via @theconvo-bot.bsky.social

It's been a long time coming and taken years of hard work from many people to see it to fruition, but we finally made it! This week the new ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) was launched on the Nguma-bada campus of James Cook University.