Dhoombak Goobgoowana
A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne
Content warning:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that Dhoombak Goobgoowana contains images and names of people who have died. Readers are also advised that they may be disturbed by the content of this book, which includes distressing images and descriptions, and derogatory terms for Indigenous people used in their historical context.
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Volume 1: Truth
This book is an attempt to acknowledge and publicly address the long, complex and troubled relationship between the Indigenous people of what we now call the continent of Australia and the University of Melbourne.
Volume 2: Voice
This volume reveals the pivotal role played by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the history of the University of Melbourne as staff and students, through its museums and collections, and in partnerships across the continent
Dhoombak Goobgoowana can be translated as ‘truth telling’ in the Woi Wurrung language of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people on whose unceded lands several University of Melbourne campuses are located.