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A young boy receives preventative oral dental treatments

A combination of preventive treatments reduced tooth decay and improved the quality of life for more than 200 Indigenous Australian children living in remote north Queensland, a study has found.

12 March 2021
Close up of a plate containing Indigenous food coloured orange and purple

A $1.5 million collaboration between Indigenous Traditional Owners and Custodians and 鶹ýӳ of Queensland will boost the burgeoning bushfood industry, and create long-lasting Indigenous businesses.

18 February 2021
Photo of Sharlene Allsopp sitting on top of a purple-coloured armchair with her arms crossed across her crossed legs

A short story for a University of Queensland project that evolved into the draft of a novel has helped secure Indigenous Arts student Sharlene Allsopp a prestigious literary prize.

10 February 2021
Fruit of the Anyakngarra, also known as pandanus. The soft base is made into a drink and their nuts are an excellent source of fat and protein.

Archaeologists are generating a 65,000-year-old rainfall record from ancient food scraps found at Australia’s earliest-known site of human occupation.

26 January 2021
Adele holding her Colombo Plan Scholar medal and smiling at the camera

2020 New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholar and 鶹ýӳ philosophy and economics student Adele Greedy-Vogel wants to make her mark in disability inclusion.

18 December 2020
From left: SQRH Interprofessional Practice Co-ordinator Toni Murray, administration officer Jane White, Bidjara Elder Keelen Mailman and SQRH Director Associate Professor Geoff Argus  in the outdoor education area and yarning circle. SQRH image.

A new training centre nearly 700km west of Brisbane, designed to boost nursing, midwifery and allied health skills in some of Queensland’s most remote areas, officially opened in Charleville today.

19 November 2020
鶹ýӳ Chancellor Peter Varghese shows staff early adopters, Professor Greg Hainge (left) and Sybilla Wilson (right) the Core Cultural Learning website.

University of Queensland staff will have greater access to training on a detailed exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and contemporary issues, thanks to an innovative online education foundation course.

17 November 2020
Closeup of 鶹ýӳ's cloister columns with the carvings visible

University of Queensland researchers will help Indigenous businesses develop markets for native bushfoods and ornamental plants, nurture Indigenist Health Humanities as a new field of inquiry, and provide a framework for the new co-design approach...

4 November 2020
PhD candidate Max Brierty

Combing archives for information on the use of restraints on Indigenous Australians led University of Queensland scholar Max Brierty to reflect on his family’s experiences.

8 October 2020
headshot of researcher

Are Australia’s Sport for Development (SfD) programs embracing the grassroots involvement and self-determination of Indigenous communities, or are they more focused on ticking boxes?

23 September 2020

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who use the drug “ice” are being urged to trial a new web-app as part of a public health project designed to stop methamphetamine consumption.

18 September 2020

A tiny weed with huge potential has prompted University of Queensland PhD candidate and 2020 Charlie Perkins Scholarship winner Audrey McInnerney to head to the UK’s University of Cambridge.

3 September 2020
Professor Heiss says the jacaranda motif makes the lanyards perfect for the 鶹ýӳ community

Prolific author Professor Anita Heiss has promoted Indigenous language and literacy in many and diverse ways – but her latest venture is particularly novel.

1 September 2020

Indigenous teenagers at remote schools rarely have opportunities to envision themselves in science, technology, engineering and maths careers – but one young Wiradjuri woman has found a path.

20 August 2020

New anthropology research from 鶹ýӳ of Queensland is assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with their native title and water right's claims.

13 August 2020