Dhoombak Goobgoowana by Ross L. Jones - ISBN: 9780522881097
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Indigenous voices echo, challenging and changing a university’s history.

Dhoombak Goobgoowana

A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne - Volume 2: Voice

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    544 pages

  • Release Date

    12 August 2025

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Summary

Dhoombak Goobgoowana Volume II: Voice reveals the pivotal role played by Indigenous people in the history of the University of Melbourne.

It traces the University’s role in ignoring and quietening Indigenous peoples’ voices, and the reverberations created by those voices that broke through. It shows how collections of art and cultural objects have transitioned from texts for western interpretation to expressions of self-identity. It reveals the Indigenous pioneers who gained …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522881097
ISBN-10:0522881092
Author:Ross L. Jones, James Waghorne, Marcia Langton
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:544
Release Date:12 August 2025
Weight:816g
Dimensions:33mm x 155mm x 233mm
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Dhoombak Goobgoowana by Ross L. Jones - ISBN: 9780522881097
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About The Author

Ross L. Jones

Ross Jones is the Senior Research Fellow in the Indigenous History of the University of Melbourne Project in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education.

James Waghorne is the official historian of the University of Melbourne, based in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education.

Professor Marcia Langton AO is a granddaughter of Yiman and Bidjara people in Queensland where she was born and raised. She is qualified as an anthropologist and geographer, and since 2000 has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, and since 2017, has held the role of Associate Provost.

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