An expert in Indigenous architecture, a noted historian and a history-making teacher joined a raft of talented University of Queensland alumni recognised in the 2021 Australia Day honours.

29 January 2021
Part of the Wild Australia exhibition: Tamarama Beach, December 1892. Photograph by Kerry & Co. Tyrell Collection: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Was Meston’s Wild Australia Show of the late nineteenth century a form of exploitation or a vital link between Indigenous Australians and the wider world?

14 July 2017
Samoan architecture will be among the discussion points

Leading Indigenous architects will come together for a free public lecture in Brisbane, discussing state-of-the-art architecture designed for or by Indigenous people around the world.

13 January 2017

The following experts are available to comment to media on issues relating to the Queensland Budget and subsequent developments (expertise areas listed). Journalists can also search for experts on a wide range of topics at UQ Experts.

15 July 2015
Bondi, December 1892. Photo: Charles Kerry, UQ Anthropology Museum Collection

The members of a 19th century Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performance troupe are being remembered in an exhibition at The University of Queensland’s Anthropology Museum.

19 February 2015

Indigenous communities have benefited from the research of two University of Queensland Research Higher Degree students graduating this weekend.

12 December 2014

The University of Queensland’s research strengths in social science have been recognised by the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA), who extended fellowship to three UQ researchers this week.

19 September 2014

A collaborative study by three Australian universities into Aboriginal housing outcomes has been awarded $1.15 million funding.

5 October 2012

The University of Queensland’s decades-long links with an Indigenous group, the Mornington Island Dancers, were strengthened when the group re-visited St Lucia campus recently.

7 July 2010

UQ and The University of Auckland architecture students have gained deep insights into the unique issues of Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand thanks to a new exchange program.

25 May 2010

The University of Queensland has honoured its outstanding teachers and education programs at its 9th UQ Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards at Customs House tonight.

2 November 2009

The University of Queensland’s focus on student engagement and high impact learning will be highlighted next week in it’s annual Teaching & Learning Week.

30 October 2009

The University of Queensland has maintained its position for having Australia’s best teachers, adding three more national teaching awards to its portfolio.

13 October 2009
Professor Paul Memmott

UQ researchers have teamed up with the Indigenous people of the Myuma Group to identify and develop potential technological applications for Spinifex grass.

16 August 2009
Professor Paul Memmott receiving the Stanner Award from Professor Mick Dodson at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Photo courtesy Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Paul Memmott’s acclaimed book Gunyah, Goondie + Wurley has been recognised by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, recently taking out the prestigious Stanner Award.

27 March 2009

The University of Queensland has rewarded a dedicated and inspirational group of academics at its annual teaching awards held on Monday, October 29.

25 October 2007

Read Gunyah, Goondie + Wurley, the first book to detail Australian Aboriginal architecture, and you’re bound to learn a thing or two.

5 October 2007

University of Queensland researchers have prepared the first comprehensive report on Indigenous violence in Australia.

15 February 2001

A study arguing for revised cultural heritage legislation to protect a wider range of indigenous place properties and cultural values has received the inaugural Ceridwen Indigenous Scholarship.

6 December 2000