Profile Dr Wayne Atkinson 2019

Senior Fellow School of Social and Political Science University of Melbourne

httpwaynerawordpresscom

Dr Wayne Atkinson is an elder of the Yorta Yorta Dja Dja Wurrung Indigenous

Nations of the Murray-Goulburn and Central Victoria region Australia For

most of his life he has worked extensively in Indigenous Affairs specialising in

research writing teaching Indigenous studies and in land and heritage reform

For the last three decades Wayne has worked on Yorta Yorta land and heritage

matters and was a principle claimant in the Yorta Yorta Native Title Claim (1994-

2002) He was responsible for researching and preparing the previous claim of

1984 which formed the basis of the Yorta Yorta v State of Victoria and Ors (1994-

2002)

The Yorta Yorta case was dismissed on appeal to the High Court in December

2002 but the Yorta Yorta bounced back as the Traditional Owners and

negotiated land justice and land management rights to their ancestral lands

This was successfully achieved through the political campaign for National Parks

and Joint Management Agreements of the Barmah-Millewa Forest Wetlands

2008-9 which is the heartland of traditional Yorta Yorta territory This

remarkable story is a key feature of this site-see Yorta Yorta Struggle for Land

Justice

Academic Background

Wayne completed his academic studies with LaTrobe University and was

selected as Indigenous scholar of the year in 1996 His studies are in the

disciplines of Archaeology History Politics and Legal Studies which he used to

complete a PhD on the Yorta Yorta Struggle for Land Justice in 2000 The thesis

analyses the extent to which the Yorta Yorta have gained land justice on the

basis of their inherent rights In the words of his great Uncle William

Cooper the thesis argues that lsquoNot One Iotarsquo has been delivered to his

people Whether the creation of National Parks Joint Management and the

option of a hand back leaseback agreement delivers the land justice that the

Yorta Yorta have waited patiently for is now back on the front of the political

agenda

Teaching Profile

Dr Atkinson is a Senior Lecturer and Fellow at the University of Melbourne He

continues to teach Indigenous Studies at the University and many other

Education Institutions in Australia and overseas His course POLS30028

Oncountry Learning Indigenous Studies is taught in Yorta Yorta country with

Yorta Yorta achievers Lou Bennett Andrea James and Shane Charles It has

been running for nearly 14 years and has achieved outstanding quality of

teaching results-see Quality of teaching results As a Senior Fellow and

Yorta Yorta elder Dr Atkinson also mentors other Indigenous students and is

currently working on participatory action based research with his people

including research on the current Barmah-Millewa National Parks Joint

Management and Traditional Owner land management issues see Paper on

Joint Management

Teaching Outcomes

Dr Atkinson was awarded the prestigious Australian Government Teaching

Award for Teaching Excellence and the University of Melbourne Award for

Excellence and Innovation in Indigenous Higher Education 2013

He has also been awarded the highly acclaimed University of Melbournersquos

Thomas George Tucker medal for Outstanding Achievement 2017 The award

is in recognition of lsquohis outstanding achievements excellence in scholarship and

substantial academic contributions to the University the Faculty of Arts and to

public lifersquo-see other lsquoAwards for Teaching and Indigenous Scholarship

achievementsrsquo 1996-2019

The main impetus to these awards is the overwhelming and positive teaching

results that Dr Atkinson has achieved in his Indigenous Studies teaching and the

Oncountry Learning course POLS30028 Indeed the concept of Oncountry

Learning is an exceptional and innovative initiative that Dr Atkinson has

designed and taught over for 15 years in 2018 It is a unique teaching and

culturally grounded education program that has attracted much interest from

other courses within the University of Melbourne

The overall results for teaching the course can be seen from the assessment of the

Quality of Teaching Results QOT and Student Evaluations over the last 15

years As can be seen from these outstanding and consistent teaching outcomes

achieved the course has gained high acclaim within the Academic world and is

regarded as a lsquoMaximum in Australian Indigenous Studies teaching and student

learningrsquo

Dr Atkinson also created the Oncountry4Health program designed for Medical

Students at the University of Melbourne which he has taught for the last 5 years

The course is similar to POLS30028 in its structure and teaching pedagogy It is

taught as a community based education program that allows students studying to

be Doctors to visit the major Indigenous health delivery programs in the Murray

Goulburn region of Yorta Yorta country It has produced equally outstanding

results and Quality of Teaching Outcomes

Another course is now being planned for 2018 in the Law Faculty Dr Atkinson

has been invited to develop and deliver this course which will focus on a range of

legal and Indigenous rights based issues being studied in the Law Faculty Like

the other courses it will allow students studying law to visit communities to

examine and discuss issues of land justice cultural heritage and broader Human

Rights issues at the community level This course will complement the successful

bridges that have been built between the University and the Indigenous

community in line with the concept of lsquoTransformative Learningrsquo and

lsquoKnowledge Transferrsquo

International Studies and Research

In his pursuit of knowledge and cross cultural understanding Dr Atkinson has

travelled extensively He has built bridges between local and Indigenous groups

throughout the world His journeys of learning have included North America

Europe the South Pacific and Asia where he has conducted research and

presented papers on comparative Indigenous issues He has spent time giving

lectures and talks in London Leicester Ireland Japan Spain Portugal Italy

Germany Amsterdam New Zealand and has visited China to study water and

cultural heritage issues and the construction of the Three Gauges Dam project

on the Yangzi River He has written extensively on British Colonial policy and

practice in former British colonies and has established a research base at the

National University of Ireland in Galway to where he likes to return whenever

the opportunity arises

His most recent visit was to Indo-China where he visited sites in Laos Vietnam

Cambodia to gain a broader understanding of south east Asian history culture

and economic development which included a visit to the Hill Tribes of Thailand

and a stay in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam He has recently visited

western Europe including Spain and Portugal where he conducted lectures and

completed research on European colonisation from the 15th-

17th

Century and its

impact on Indigenous Australia in the 18th

Century Whilst in Spain he took

special interest in the lsquoTreaty of Tordesillasrsquo signed between the Portuguese and

the Spanish at Tordesillas Spain on the 7 June 1494 which divided the newly

discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal Research

materials from this visit were used for a lecture series on Colonisation at the

University of Melbourne Victorian University and the Monash Centre Prato

Italy 2011-2017

In his role as a Senior Fellow Wayne continues to enjoy his worldly travels

focusing on Archaeological sites and history of the Altamira Rock Art site in

Northern Spain and some of the political history of the Catalonia and Bask

Region of Spain This visit attracted him to listen to a 4 hour lecture on the

Spanish Civil war in Barcelona after reading George Orwellrsquos epic version of the

war in his lsquoHomage to Cataloniarsquo book 1938 On return to Australia he spent

some time in Eastern Europe familiarising himself with the pre and post war

political history of Slovenia in the former Balkans region under the former

Hungarian -Austrian Empire 1867-1918 Wayne completed studies in Sri

Lanka in 2016 on the last leg of the Family History project discussed Plans for

further studies and travels are underway for this year 2017 after teaching the

Oncountry Learning course now in its 14th year

At the moment Wayne and his wife Catherine Guinness have returned to Ireland

for the Summer in Galway to do some travel in the Western region in County

Mayo Clare and Galway Some of this time will be spent at the National

University of Ireland Galway where Wayne has been a Visiting Fellow since the

International Conference on Settler Colonialism was held in 2007

Family History Research 2012-2017

Dr Atkinson completed a family history project on his great grandfather Thomas

Shadrach James who studied at the University of Melbourne before the turn of

the 19th

Century-see tracing the Footsteps of Granpa James A Journey of

Discovery 2017 The project followed the footsteps of his great grandfather to

his birthplace in Mauritius in 1859 It then traces his heritage connections to his

parentrsquos birthplace in Madras and India The journey of discovery then took him

to Sri Lanka where Thomas James cousins emigrated to after they left

Mauritius before the turn of the 19th

Century It was Thomas Shadrach James

studies in medicine and education at the University of Melbourne his marriage

into the Yorta Yorta people and his outstanding visionary leadership that

inspired many Yorta Yorta scholars to achieve in higher education Examples of

his leadership can seen through the number of his descendants who have

achieved academic success at the University of Melbourne-see images of Yorta

Yorta scholars Murrup Barak Melbourne Institute for Indigenous

Development University of Melbourne

The following data provides an update of Dr Atkinsonrsquos CV for the continuation

of the Senior Fellowship within the School of Social and Political Science

Curriculum Vitae

Educational Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s

Doctorate of Philosophy Faculty of Law and Legal Studies LaTrobe

University 2001 in disciplines of Archaeology History Politics Legal

Studies and Indigenous Studies

Bachelor of Arts (Honors First Class) LaTrobe University 1996

Diploma of Social Work SAIT Adelaide 1977

Certificate in Community Development SAIT Adelaide 1977

Certificate in Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy National University of

Ireland Galway 2013

Career History

1959-1974 Worked in a wide range of employment including shearing

seasonal work factory work truck driving builderrsquos laborer and

concreting

1975-1977 Studied with the Aboriginal Education Program at the

South Australian Institute of Technology North Terrace Adelaide

1977-1978 Research Assistant with the Aboriginal Research Centre

Monash University Coordinated Indigenous Studies program

1978-1980 Received research grant from the Australian Institute of

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies to conduct an Oral History

Project on Cummeragunja and Coranderrk reserves Manuscript completed

in 1980 (see Written Work lsquoA Picture from the Other Sidersquo 1981)

1981-1982 Awarded an Aboriginal Overseas Study Grant to visit North

American Indian Education and Cultural Programs in Canada and the

United States

Published booklet lsquoA Look at American Indian History Programsrsquo 1982-

see Written Work

Established connections with North American Indian communities and

studied Native American Indian Studies programs at Universities Berkley

UCLA South Dakota Minneapolis Arizona Manitoba Saskatchewan

and the Newbury Library Chicago Illinois

Conducted research on British-Australia history in the Public Records

Office London House of Lords Library Westminster and University

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge University

1982-1984 Full time studies LaTrobe University and Researcher with

Yorta Yorta Tribal Council on land and cultural heritage matters

Prepared land and compensation claim which was presented to the State

and Commonwealth Governments in 1984-5 Claim became basis of the

Yorta Yorta Native Title Claim (1994-2000)

President of the Koori Heritage Working Group KHWG that achieved

major cultural heritage reforms in the mid 1980rsquos including the

Victorian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Legislation 1987

1985-1989 Employed as Koori Historian by State Government to consult

with the Koori Community and relevant Government agencies on the

establishment of a Koori Oral History Program

Developed lsquoConditions Agreementrsquo for the protection of Intellectual

Cultural Property Rights ICPR and oral knowledge- the first of its kind

in Victoria and Australia

1989-1996 Manager of Koori Oral History Program and adviser to

Victorian Ministers for Aboriginal Affairs on cultural matters Took

study leave from Koori Oral History Program 1993 to continue

academic studies and to work with community on the Yorta Yorta

Native Title Claim

Completed Bachelor of Arts with Honors majoring in Archaeology History

and Indigenous Studies Awarded Indigenous Scholar of the year 1996

1997-2003 Worked for Yorta Yorta Nations Aboriginal Corporation

on the preparation of the Native Title Claim

Conducted and supervised major information retrieval project on Yorta

Yorta history and culture in Archives and Museums in Victoria New South

Wales and South Australia

Participated in Mediation process and Federal Court Trial as claimant

and researcher and assisted with coordination of claim hearing on site

and in Melbourne 1996-2000

Member of Yorta Yorta Nations Elders Council Truganini Scholarships

Committee University of Melbourne Indigenous Sub- Committee of

Academic Board University of Melbourne School of Social amp Political

Science Committees

Advisor mentor Indigenous studies students University of Melbourne

and Cultural advisor for the creation and presentation of Play Yanagai

Yanagai premiered at Playbox Theater and performed in Wales and New

York 2003-5

2004-2008 Produced Yorta Yorta Management Plan for the claim area with

recommendations on structural arrangements for land management and the

protection of natural and cultural features

Attended conferences in Australia UK and Ireland presented papers

and lectures at Leicester University England and the National

University of Ireland Galway

2009-2015 Senior Fellow and Lecturer Coordinator POLS30028 Oncountry

Learning Indigenous Studies Course University of Melbourne

Visiting Fellow National University of Ireland County Galway and

Monash Centre Prato University Italy Presented paper on Indigenous

Human Rights in Australia 2012-see written work

Cultural Adviser and Mentor Indigenous students studying at University

of Melbourne and other related academic institutions including the

Academy of Sport Health and Education and the Department of Rural

Health Shepparton

Visiting Fellow University of Copenhagen Denmark

Teaching Positions amp Experience

1981-2 Lecturer in Indigenous Studies Aboriginal Welfare

Assistants Course at Watsonia and teacher training programs

coordinated by the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association lnc

(VAEAI)

1993 Designed curriculum for course on Land Management for

Aboriginal and European students doing Koori Gardening

Apprenticeship Scheme sponsored by DEET

1996 Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in the Koori and Non Koori

History course History Department Melbourne University

1997-99 Consultant and Lecturer with Yuruga Enterprises in Cultural

Awareness Programs for State and Commonwealth Indigenous Health

Programs Assisted in running fourteen workshops at various locations

in the Murray Valley and Melbourne Metropolitan region

Sessional lecturer in lsquoAborigines and the Lawrsquo course Legal Studies

Department LaTrobe University

Freelance lecturer in Indigenous Studies courses at Deakin and Monash

Universities Catholic Education and Victorian Outdoor Education

Program

2000-07 Senior Lecturer-Coordinator of Indigenous Studies Department

of Political Science 166230 Indigenous People amp the State 166038

Indigenous Rights Land amp Heritage 166230 Oncountry Learning

Indigenous Studies 133477 Indigenous Politics amp Histories

Lecturer and adviser to Yorta Yorta Nations on land cultural matters and

the establishment of National Parks and Joint Management structures for

the Barmah-Millewa National Park wetlands - see written materials on

land and land management issues

2007-15 Coordinator lecturer cultural advisor and guest speaker School

of Social amp Political Science University of Melbourne Victorian College of

Arts Summer School Barmah Forest Department of History University of

Melbourne Shepparton Region Reconciliation Group LaTrobe University

Bendigo

Guest lectures and research in Europe London and Ireland and family

research project in Mauritius India

Visiting Fellow to South America and guest of Kichwa community in

Ecuador and Peru including Archaeological research and studies of Inca

culture at Machu Pichu Cusco and Manaus Amazonia Brazil

Taught POLS30028 Oncoutry Learning Indigenous Studies 2-9 February

2015

Senior Lecturer Oncoutry4Health course Melbourne Medical School 2-5

March 2015

Visiting Fellow University of Copenhagen Denmark and guest of

Australian Ambassador Denmark

Guest Speaker Indigenous Health Conference Department of Rural

Health University of Melbourne Shepparton

Guest Speaker Indigenous Studies courses University of Melbourne

Research Family History British Library and Archives London

Visting Fellow National University of Ireland Galway June-July 2015

2016-19 Coordinator of Oncountry Learning and Sessional Lecturer

Indigenous Studies program University of Melbourne

Mentoring Indigenous students University of Melbourne

Coordinator of Oncountry4Health course School of Medicine

University of Melbourne

Sessional Lecturer in Indigenous Studies program

the Barmah-Millewa National Park wetlands - see written materials on

land and land management issues

2007-15 Coordinator lecturer cultural advisor and guest speaker School

of Social amp Political Science University of Melbourne Victorian College of

Arts Summer School Barmah Forest Department of History University of

Melbourne Shepparton Region Reconciliation Group LaTrobe University

Bendigo

Guest lectures and research in Europe London and Ireland and family

research project in Mauritius India

Visiting Fellow to South America and guest of Kichwa community in

Ecuador and Peru including Archaeological research and studies of Inca

culture at Machu Pichu Cusco and Manaus Amazonia Brazil

Taught POLS30028 Oncoutry Learning Indigenous Studies 2-9 February

2015

Senior Lecturer Oncoutry4Health course Melbourne Medical School 2-5

March 2015

Visiting Fellow University of Copenhagen Denmark and guest of

Australian Ambassador Denmark

Guest Speaker Indigenous Health Conference Department of Rural

Health University of Melbourne Shepparton

Guest Speaker Indigenous Studies courses University of Melbourne

Research Family History British Library and Archives London

Visting Fellow National University of Ireland Galway June-July 2015

2016-19 Coordinator of Oncountry Learning and Sessional Lecturer

Indigenous Studies program University of Melbourne

Mentoring Indigenous students University of Melbourne

Coordinator of Oncountry4Health course School of Medicine

University of Melbourne

Sessional Lecturer in Indigenous Studies program

Research on Family History Project Tracing the Footsteps of Thomas

Shadrach James A journey of Discovery Sri Lanka

Visiting Fellow Bachelor College Bachelor Northern Territory and

Charles Darwin University

Research on National Park Management Kakadu and Litchfield

National Parks Northern Territory-see Paper on National Parks and

Joint Management

Adviser on Yorta Yorta Traditional Owner Land Management Board-

see Discussion Paper Yorta Yorta Traditional Owner Joint

Management Board

Visiting Fellow National University of Ireland Galway

Visiting Indigenous Scholar International Conference on Indigenous

Traditional music Limerick University Ireland

Indigenous elder and participant in Treaty and Recognition Forums

Melbourne

Research and documentation of Indigenous Sovereignty and Self

Determination issues University of Melbourne

Guest Speaker and participant Aboriginal Victoria Forum Statewide

Meeting on Treaty Discussions with the Victorian State Government

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Guest Lecture Law School Students on Land Justice

Developing Oncountry Course for Law Faculty for 2018

Overseas Study and research in Spain Morocco and National University

of Ireland Galway Returning to Australia at the end of August 2017

Publicity for Oncountry Learning 10th

Anniversary

University of Melbourne Media coverage of 10th

Anniversary

Written Work

Atkinson WR A Picture from the Other Side Oral History of Cummeragunja Manuscript

Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Canberra 1981

Atkinson WR Oral History Oral History An Aboriginal Perspective on Collection amp

Documentation in Aborigines and Schooling ed W Menary Adelaide College of the Arts and

Education 1981

Atkinson W R A Look at North American Indian History Programs Some ideas for Aboriginal

Programs in Australia Australian Government Publishers Canberra 1982

Atkinson WR amp Berryman A Aboriginal Associations with the Murray Valley Study Region

Victorian Land Conservation Council Report 1983

Atkinson W Langton M Wanganeen D Williams M Aboriginal History a Celebration

of Resistance to Colonisation in Hill M Barlow A eds Black Australia 2 Australian Institute

of Aboriginal Studies Canberra 1983

Atkinson WR Growing up on the Mooroopna Flat in Jackomos A amp Fowell D Living

Aboriginal History of Victoria Stories in the Oral Tradition Museum of Victoria Cambridge

University Press Melbourne 1991 pp178-193 (Extracts of Oral Knowledge)

Atkinson WR Deaths in Custody amp Inequality for Indigenous Australians Increases in

Wirridjiri Koori Edition of Rabelais August 1995

Atkinson WR The Question of Indigenous Sovereignty in Wirridjiri Koori Edition of

Rabelais August 1995

Atkinson WR Poulter J The Origins of Aboriginal Football Skills in Wirridjiri Koori

Edition of Rabelais August 1995

Atkinson WR Koori Cultural Heritage in Victoria amp the Struggle for Ownership amp

Control Hons Thesis Law Faculty amp Indigenous Studies LaTrobe University 1996

Atkinson WR The Yorta Yorta Struggle for Justice Continues in Majah Indigenous Peoples

and the Law ed Greta Bird Gary Martin Jennifer Nielson The Federation Press Sydney 1996

Atkinson WR Historic Overview of the Aboriginal Experience in Aboriginal Health The

Ethical Challenges ed Norman Ford Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health Ethics Melbourne

1998

AtkinsonWR Not One Iota The Yorta Yorta Struggle for Land Justice PhD Thesis Faculty of

Law LaTrobe University 2000

Atkinson WR Pathway to Land Justice through Legislation amp the Common Law in Not One

Iota The Yorta Yorta Struggle for Land Justice PhD Thesis Faculty of Law

LaTrobe University Chaper 5 The Mabo Setting 2000

Atkinson WR Management Plan for Barmah-Millewa Forest Manuscript Yorta Yorta Nations

Aboriginal Corporation Barmah 2000

Atkinson WR Yorta Yorta Survival From Atkinson W R Not One Iota The

Yorta Yorta Struggle for Land Justice PhD Thesis LaTrobe Univetsity 2000 Chapter

3Atkinson WR 19 Seconds of Djunguma Waala (Yorta Yorta word for big flood) Reflections

paper following Olney Decision 2000

Atkinson WR Not One Iota Reflections on the Yorta Yorta Native Title Claim 1994-200 in

Indigenous Law Bulletin February ndash March Vol 5 Issue 6 2001

Atkinson WR A Holistic View of Land amp Heritage Paper presented in Indigenous Rights

Land amp Heritage Course School of Social amp Political Science University of Melbourne 2001

Atkinson WR Mediating the Mindset of Opposition Yorta Yorta Mediation Process 1995 in

Indigenous Law Bulletin February -March Vol 5 Issue 6 2002

Atkinson WR Reflections on the High Court Decision in the Yorta Yorta Native Title Case

2003

Atkinson WR What did the vote mean to the Yorta Yorta in Chesterman J amp Phillips D eds

Selective Democracy Race Gender and the Australian Vote Melbourne Publishing Group

Armidale Victoria 2003

Atkinson WR Reconciliation amp Land Justice You cant have one without the other in Journal

of Australian Indigenous Issues Volume 7 Number 2 June 2004

Atkinson WR Barmah-Millewa Some thoughts for future directions in Park Watch No 216

March 2004 pp17-20

Atkinson WR Submission to the Environmental Assessment Council on Yorta Yorta

Connections with the River Red Gum Forests On Public Land in the Study Region Victorian

Environmental Assessment Council 6th Floor 8 Nicholson St East Melbourne 3002 Victoria

Australia 13 June 2005

Atkinson WR Indigenous Land Justice amp Colonisation Lecture materials for course

Indigenous Rights Land amp Heritage School of Social amp Political Science University of

Melbourne 2005

Atkinson WR Yorta Yorta Occupation amp the Search for Common Ground in Proceedings of

the Royal Society of Victoria Volume 117 Number 1 Special Issue on Barmah-Millewa Forest

Indigenous Heritage Ecological Challenge Editors AR Ladson amp GC Lacey Royal Society

Melbourne Victoria 2006

Atkinson WR Balancing the Scales of Indigenous Land Justice in Victoria 2006 in Land

Rights Law Issues of Native Title Native Title Research Unit AIATSIS Canberra Vol 3 No 5

2006

Atkinson W R Yorta Yorta amp Guinness go hand in hand in Tain The Australian Irish News

Network Sep-Nov 2006 pp20-25

Atkinson WR Fine words but few deeds in The Age 10 April 2006

Atkinson WR Constructing Indigenous Identity through Western Eyes in Journal of

Australian Indigenous Issues Volume 9 Issue 4 December 2006

Atkinson WR Searching the origins of Aboriginal Reserves through the lenses of

Cummeragunja Paper presented at 5th Annual Conference on Settler Colonialism National

University of Ireland Galway 2007

Atkinson WR The relationship between Land Water amp Yorta Yorta Occupation Research

Paper prepared for Yorta Yorta Native Title Claim 1997

Atkinson WR Reflections on the Yorta Yorta Native Title Claim 1994-2003 in A

Gunstone (ed) History Politics and Knowledge Essays in Australian Indigenous Studies

Australian Scholarly Publishing North Melbourne 2008

Atkinson WR Major Victory for Yorta Yorta at World Indigenous Peoples Summit Japan

2008 in Koori Mail August 2008

Atkinson WR Justice amp Beauty in the Barmah Forest Herald Sun 1 September 2008

Atkinson WR Ngarriarty Speaking Strong for Country in First Australians Perkins R

Langton M eds Melbourne University Press 2008

AtkinsonWR The Cummera Walk Off amp the Return to Base Camp Politics School of Social

and Political Science University of Melbourne 2009

Atkinson WR The Dharnya Centre A Case of Institutional Racism in Park Watch No 233

June 2008

Atkinson WR Empowering Traditional Owners through Joint Management of National Parks

What can be learned from Kakadu amp Mutawintji pp 19-28 of Research Project University of

Melbourne 2009

Atkinson WR The Need for a Cross-Border Barmah-Millewa National Park amp Joint

Management with the Yorta Yorta Research Paper pp49-56 Research Project University of

Melbourne 2009

Atkinson WR National Parks amp Joint Management in Park Watch Victorian National Parks

Association December 2009

Atkinson WR Cultural Tourism amp the Yorta Yorta Experience A Case of Exclusion or

Inclusion Research Paper for Yorta Yorta Nations Aboriginal Corporation 2009

Atkinson WR National Parks amp the Yorta Yorta Struggle for Land Justice The Barmah-

Millewa Case Research Paper University of Melbourne 2009

Atkinson WR National Parks amp Joint Management A better deal than Native Title Research

Paper University of Melbourne 2010

AtkinsonWR Native Title amp the 8020 Equation in Koori Mail edition 484 8 September 2010

AtkinsonWR The Yorta Yorta Nation Moving forward with a Vision for the

Future Yorta Yorta Nations Aboriginal Corporation The Adviser Australia Shepparton No

11017 27 October 2010

Atkinson WR A Chronology of Yorta Yorta Struggle for Land Justice1860-2010 A prima

facia case for prioritising Yorta Yorta Nations in the Governments Land Justice Agenda

2010 Yorta Yorta Nations Aboriginal Corporation 2010

Atkinson WR Media Representations amp Indigenous Voices in the Barmah-Millewa Campaign

Research Paper on Barmah-Millewa Campaign 2011

Atkinson WR amp Burchill A Conflict of Interest Matters in the Bolt Case Background Paper

on the Bolt Case 2011

Atkinson WR An Overview of Indigenous Human Rights in Australia 2012 National

University of Ireland Galway 2012

Atkinson WR Native Title in Australia The Yorta Yorta Case Research Paper National

University of Ireland Galway 2012

Atkinson WR The Failure of Native Title amp Human Rights Options in the Yorta Yorta Case

Research Paper School of Social and Political Science University of Melbourne 2013

Atkinson WR lsquoThe Task Force Story Looking Back and Journeying Forward 1975-77prime

Recalling 40 Years of Tertiary Education for Aborignal and Torres Islander Peoplelsquo David

Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research Division of Education Arts and Social

Sciences University of South Australia 2013

Atkinson WR Institutional Racism alive and well in the Barmah Forest How white ants and

white politics combined to undermine the Dharnya Centre 2013

Atkinson WR Tracking the Origins of the Reserve System through the lens of

Cummeragunja Paper presented to the lsquoEnds of Ireland Twentieth Australasian Conference

for Irish Studiesrsquo UNSW 4-7 December 2013

Atkinson WR Reflections of the National Apology 2014 Paper presented to Commemoration

of the 6th Anniversary of the National Apology Shepparton Regional Reconciliation Group

Queens Gardens Shepparton 13 February 2014

Atkinson WR Empowering Traditional Owners through Joint Management of National Parks

Paper presented to Yorta Yorta Traditional Owner Joint Management Board Yorta Yorta

Nations Corporation Shepparton 30 Nov 2015

Atkinson WR Introduction to Yanagai Yanagai in Andrea James Yanagai Yanagai Currency

Press Sydney 2016

AtkinsonWRWelcome to Country Yorta Yorta Joint Management Board Workshop

Morning Glory 10 December 2015

AtkinsonWR 1916 Easter Uprising Commemoration Talk given to Commemoration at Celtic

Club 19 March 2016

Atkinson WR Tracing the Footsteps of Granpa James A Journey of Discovery Family History

Project conducted in Mauritius India and Sri Lanka 2012-2017

Atkinson WR Tucker Award for Outstanding Achievement Teaching Excellence and Contribution to Indigenous Education University of Melbourne 2017 Atkinson WR Occasional Address Graduation Ceremony TGTucker Medal for Teaching Excellence Royal Exhibition Building 2017 Atkinson WR Short Biography on Dr Wayne Atkinson winner of TGTucker Medal 2018 Atkinson WR Commitment to Indigenous Employment University of Melbourne Research Paper School of Social amp Political Science University of Melbourne 2018 AtkinsonWR Oncountry Learning Australian Indigenous Studies A Maximum in Student Learning 2018 AtkinsonWR Mound Culture Timeline in Yorta Yorta Woka 2019

Teaching Results for 15 Years of Oncountry Learning subject 2003-2018

POLS30028 Oncountry Learning

Year of Course

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Subject was well

taught 50 49 49 49 50 49 49 49 50 49 50 50 49 48 492

Subject was Intellectually

stimulating

50 49 50 50 50 49 49 48 50 48 50 50 48 48 50

Overall satisfaction With the quality of

learning

50 50 49 48 50 49 49 48 50 48 50 49 50 49 492

On the basis of the Student Evaluation Surveys for POLS30028 Oncountry

Learning Indigenous Studies 2003-2018 (2006 Sabbatical) the quality of

teaching results for the lsquostandard and core questionsrsquo are summarised below

These are the Academic Boardrsquos key criteria for the evaluation of education

courses and for identifying whether key elements of an effective educational

environment are present or not The ratings the subject gets is also included in

the subject guide for students doing the course

httpsstaffunimelbeduaustudents-teachingacademic-boardresourcesSubject-Experience-Survey-Instrument-Questions-Schedule-Oct2016pdf

Percentage Achieved for Core Questions

Subject was well taught 986

Subject was intellectually 985

Overall satisfaction with quality of learning985

As can be seen the course achieved 100 for a significant part of its duration With

the replacement of former Quality of Teaching (QoT) by the SES in 2011 with a

stronger focus on lsquostudents learning experiencesrsquo the course has performed

consistently high in the key learning criteria

Summary of Results

Now the scores are on the board the relevant questions to be asked are how do

they rate with other subjects being taught across the University spectrum Are

they comparative with other subjects being taught Or are they producing

culturally different results

Given that the results consistently achieved over the period of teaching are

grounded in an Indigenous epistemology and teaching framework are they

unprecedented within the University context

These are important questions that will benefit the future consolidation

innovation and development of the concept of Oncountry Learning and

Indigenous Studies teaching generally

Dr Wayne Atkinson-Yorta YortaDja Dja Wurrung

Senior Lecturer amp Fellow

School of Social amp Political Science

University of Melbourne

wayneraunimelbeduau

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