Award of Excellence

ReCasting Terra Nullius Blindness — Deakin University in conjunction with Griffith University, University of Canberra, The University of Western Australia, and Central Queensland University

ReCasting Terra Nullius Blindness by Deakin University in conjunction with Griffith University, University of Canberra, The University of Western Australia and Central Queensland University

Aboriginal Nation

Across all of Australia’s lands and waters

Location

Nationwide

Client

Office for Learning and Teaching (now Department of Education and Training Victoria)

JURY COMMENT

The research, recommendations and publications of this project provide clear and achievable directions and guidance for tertiary institutions to include and engage with Australian Indigenous peoples’ rights, values and culture, and to respect Indigenous knowledge systems in curricula, research and professional activity.

Where adopted, this guidance for institutions and teachers will also undoubtedly steer the ethos and future practice of both international and domestic students across all environmental design and planning professions. Its significance therefore cannot be overstated. This work promulgates the ethos of “caring for Country” and must be recognized as a critical tool for environmental design and planning professionals embarking on their careers.

Project team David Jones (Deakin University), Darryl Low Choy (Griffith University), Richard Tucker (Deakin University), Scott Heyes (University of Canberra), Grant Revell (The University of Western Australia), Susan Bird (Central Queensland University) Photographers Rueben Berg (left), Mandy Nicholson (right)