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 is a day long program, sessions are all open to the public and there is no cost, we encourage rsvps for catering purposes,

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)

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

Notes: Final speakers list to be announced soon