Office of the Director, Indigenous Education

Cultural Programs and Events

Hyllus Maris Memorial Lecture

The Hyllus Maris Annual Memorial Lecture is the first memorial lecture in honour of an Aboriginal woman on an Australian university campus. The Lecture honours Hyllus Maris’ visionary work in Aboriginal education and also honours the contribution and participation of Aboriginal people in higher education generally in this country. The Lecture is an opportunity for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to meet at the University and share in a celebration of mutual significance.

The Lecture was an initiative of the former La Trobe University Women’s Studies Program, in collaboration with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, the La Trobe University Aboriginal Liaison Unit and Koorie Women Mean Business.  The Lecture is sponsored by the Office of the Director, Indigenous Education.

The 2007 Lecture was held at 6pm on Tuesday 21 August 2007 at the Union Hall, Bundoora Campus.

This year's guest speaker was Mr Tom Calma, Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. The lecture topic was 2007: Delivering on the promise of the 1967 referendum for Indigenous Australians.

The promotional flyer: 2007 Hyllus Maris Lecture - Mr Tom Calma (pdf 256KB).

The program for the 2007 Hyllus Maris Lecture (pdf 2MB).

A copy of Mr Calma's presentation will be available at a later date.

Cultural Events

• Harmony Day

• Sorry Day event was hosted by Bundoora's Ngarn-gi Bagora Indigenous Centre on Monday 28 May 2007. Commencing at 10:30am at the University Flag poles, followed by activities from 11:00am to 2pm at Radford Hall, Chisholm College. Contact person: Nellie Green on 9479 3817.

• NAIDOC
  • Bendigo: Free event - Community Day was held Sunday 8 July 2007 at the La Trobe University Bendigo Campus. It started from 9:30am until 10:00pm at night. Various activities were organised for the day and night. Including a slowpitch softball challenge (mixed teams) between La Trobe staff/students and various community teams as well as an evening concert.
  • Bundoora: Free event - Slowpitch softball challenge (mixed teams) was held on Sunday 15 July 2007 at Fawkner Park in South Yarra. It started at 2:30pm with a BBQ held after the game.