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Aboriginal authority at the heart of national regional settlement study
Aboriginal communities will help shape a national research project examining how...
Nicole Brown 19 Oct 2026
$1 million bequest supports First Nations medical students
A $1 million bequest from two sisters is helping First Nations medical students...
Jackson Clark 16 Oct 2026
Indigenous rangers play key role in critical wildlife monitoring
Indigenous rangers and researchers in the Northern Territory's West Arnhem regio...
Callan Morse 13 Oct 2026
$3 million backs First Nations-led research putting Country at the heart of health
A 100 per cent First Nations research team will lead a new $3 million national p...
Nicole Brown 5 Oct 2026
Yolŋu educators celebrate graduation milestone on Country
Six Yolŋu educators from remote East Arnhem Land communities have celebrated a m...
Jackson Clark 21 Sep 2026
First Nations ranger knowledge reveals threats facing Northern Territory green turtles

First Nations ranger groups working in protected areas have identified illegal commercial fishing as a major concern for the Northern Territory's green turtle populations, a study led by Charles Darwi...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 11, 2026
Gulf dugong numbers plunge as Traditional Owners call for urgent action

Dugong numbers in the Gulf of Carpentaria have fallen sharply since the last region-wide aerial survey two decades ago, prompting Traditional Owners and researchers to call for increased monitoring an...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 3, 2026
Local knowledge at the heart of West Daly peace project

A new evaluation of the West Daly Peace Project has highlighted the strength of Aboriginal-led approaches to resolving conflict, with local knowledge, relationships and cultural authority identified a...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 25, 2026
Call for systemic change to address Indigenous education gap

A Charles Darwin University education expert has called for systemic change in how young people are taught after this year's NAPLAN results again highlighted the challenges Indigenous students are fac...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 24, 2026
Wirriŋga Band to bring Yolŋu rock to CDU Open Day

Legendary Arnhem Land rock group Wirriŋga Band is set to perform at Charles Darwin University's Casuarina Open Day on Saturday, August 8.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 5, 2026
University invests $2m in First Nations research scholarships

Charles Darwin University has announced an investment up to $2 million in Higher Degree by Research (HDR) scholarship initiatives to strengthen pathways, participation and success for First Nations re...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 22, 2026
Scholar of the Year honour celebrates Indigenous leadership shaping the future

For more than 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have generated knowledge, cared for Country and passed wisdom from one generation to the next.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 21, 2026
PhD positions on topics involving Indigenous languages available at Charles Darwin University

Charles Darwin University has several PhD positions available on topics involving First Nations Australian language: First Nations Identified - Oral Translation pipelines using Augmented Intelligence...

'Sky Rangers' take flight: Award-winning image celebrates Indigenous leadership on Country

A powerful image capturing Indigenous rangers protecting Country from the skies has resonated with people across Australia, earning the People's Choice Award in the Healthy Country, Healthy Waters, He...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jun 19, 2026
Grassroots boxing program highlights need for trauma recovery support in NT

A grassroots non-contact boxing program in Darwin is showing the need for trauma recovery programs that are built around local communities in the Northern Territory.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 18, 2026
Indigenous university director to paint at Darwin Street Art Festival

Charles Darwin University's (CDU) Casuarina campus is set to become part of the Darwin Street Art Festival for the first time, with three artists transforming campus spaces through new public murals.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jun 2, 2026
New Forestry roadmap strengthens Tiwi jobs and leadership

For more than 60 years, forestry has been part of life on the Tiwi Islands. Now, a new workforce plan is laying the foundation for the next generation of Tiwi workers and leaders to step into long ter...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown May 22, 2026
First Nations lived experience on display as CDU uses 'art as evidence'

A Charles Darwin University research project is exploring the impacts of climate change is using "art as evidence", alongside traditional data, to convey the lived experience of First Nations communit...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Apr 9, 2026
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