Sprigs of three plants arranged on a white, square plate which sits on a time board

A group of plants used by First Nations Australians as food, animal fodder and medicine could be a nutritious alternative to salt, according to University of Queensland research.

7 February 2023
Burning fossil fuels

All eyes will be on Glasgow over the first two weeks of November as world leaders meet at the most important international climate summit in the past decade.

2 November 2021
UQ’s Associate Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa and Maylla Wunungmurra, Gulkula Mining Company Pty Ltd investigate a green plum tree in East Arnhem Land. © Margaret Puls, UQ

An Indigenous fruit which is one of the earliest known plant foods eaten in Australia could be the next big thing in the bush foods industry.

31 May 2020
Zachary Frazer and Mollie O'Connor

Two University of Queensland law students have proven their legal prowess by winning the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Mooting competition at the Supreme Court of Queensland.

26 May 2016

The SBS/Blackfella Films production First Contact – that takes six non-Indigenous people and immerses them into Aboriginal Australia for the first time – captured the nation’s attention this week amassing a television audience nearing 1 million...

21 November 2014
An image from the Caroline Tennant-Kelly Collection – a funeral takes place in Cherbourg in 1934. Courtesy Kim de Rijke

A surprise discovery made by UQ researchers will come full circle during NAIDOC Week celebrations next Monday.

1 July 2011