Keynote Lecture: Australian Museum

David Cejas

Our Centre Director, Distinguished Professor Sean Ulm, delivered an inspiring keynote lecture to Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation members. Joined by Directors of the Walmbaar Aboriginal Corporation, representing Dingaal Traditional Owners of Jiigurru (Lizard Island Group), the discussion explored significant archaeological findings on Jiigurru.

Over the past decade, CIEHF’s Sean Ulm and Ian McNiven, in partnership with Traditional Owners and a team of researchers, have helped reveal the extraordinary cultural heritage of Jiigurru.

Jiigurru, a deeply storied cultural landscape, is home to some of the most significant cultural places along the Great Barrier Reef. From the earliest pottery in Australia to incredible stone arrangements, the discoveries here are truly monumental.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this engaging evening. Together, we continue to honour and protect the rich cultural heritage of Jiigurru.

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first peoples, knowledge‐holders, and knowledge-creators of this country. We acknowledge that First Nations people never ceded their lands or seas. We value the knowledge and traditions that reflect the wisdom of ancestors going back 65,000 years and more and recognise the significance of this in the ways that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are custodians of Country. We will continue to learn ways to care for and be responsible for Country, and we will seek to build a future that is based on truth‐telling, mutual understanding, hope, empowerment, and self‐determination.