Held in conjunction with the touring exhibition Kirrenderri Heart of the Channel Country, join the University of Queensland School of Social Sciences researchers and Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation researchers for a day long symposium reflecting upon recent research at the Redcliffe Museum, Redcliffe.
Presenting key findings produced as part of extensive cultural mapping research work instigated by the Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation, with contributions by a collaborative research team from The University of Queensland, The Australian National University and ongoing research into the rich resource of Alice Duncan-Kemp Archives by historians and scientists.
In 2022 the first Kirrenderri Research Symposium brought together Mithaka researchers, descendants of pastoralists, scientists and historians. This second instalment highlights key research findings and recent Channel Country fieldwork.
This symposium is generously supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts
PROGRAM
10:00 Redcliffe Museum opens to the public
10:15 Kirrenderri curators Mandana Mapar, Shawnee Gorringe and Tracey Hough welcome guests and speakers
10:30  Program Begins
10:30-11:30 Panel 1 - Conservation and Cultural Heritage
MC Riley Rocco, Senior Campaigner Qld, Protecting Australia’s Nature, The Pew Charitable Trusts introduces panel speakers
George Gorringe, Mithaka Elder
11:30-12:15 Channel Country History
Professor Thomas Griffiths in conversation with Geoff Ginn

12:30-1:30        Lunch break, light lunch provided for all guests and speakers
(please email through dietary requirements ahead of time directly to m.mapar@uq.edu.au)

Panel 2 1:30 - 2:30 Mithaka Rangers and Researchers
MC Joshua Gorringe in conversation with Mithaka Rangers and researchers discussing recent findings and work carried out on Country with Professor Michael Westaway and Dr Jennifer Silcock

Please note: sessions are all open to the public and there is no cost, we encourage rsvps for catering purposes