• Read more about CDU Indigenous Nationals team compete at event

A team of Charles Darwin University (CDU) First Nations athletes travelled to Wollongong last month to take part in the Indigenous Nationals for a third straight year.

First Nations students from across the country including 12 from CDU competed in four sports – basketball, touch football, netball and volleyball at the five-day sporting carnival.  

This is the third year CDU’s team Dangudbila, the Larrakia word for Kangaroo took part, with the team having achieved success at last year’s tournament winning gold in the basketball competition.

• Read more about Research showcase uncovers impact of local studies

For the first time the Charles Darwin University Northern Institute hosted a research showcase in Alice Springs to highlight projects, how organisations can get involved and what impact research has in the region. 

A total of six researchers presented their research highlights across several disciplines including cross cultural awareness, education, demography, fire management, regional and remote sustainable waste management, and STEM.

• Read more about Book shines light on history of massacres across Australia’s north

A new book on the violent frontier expansion of Australia’s north will introduce readers to who led massacres of Aboriginal people, the names of their benefactors, and how these horrific events occurred. 

Licence to Kill: massacre men of Australia’s north by Charles Darwin University (CDU) Lecturer in Colonial History Dr Robyn Smith details the massacres of Aboriginal people from 1824 until the 1980s. 

• Read more about First Nations Grandmother hopes to inspire next generation at CDU Graduation

Colleen Penangke Mack is a proud Arrernte and Kaytetye women, who was born and raised in Mparntwe. 

On Thursday 13 June she addressed the Charles Darwin University First Nations graduands at the First Nations Leadership Valedictory Ceremony, at the Alice Springs Convention Centre.

A born narrator she shared her story of being a single mother, quitting her job to become her mother’s full-time career, to finding her voice through her own respite, her cultural knowledge and connection to Country. 

• Read more about Two strong Central Australian advocates received honorary awards

Charles Darwin University has recognised two central Australian advocates who have spent the majority of their careers working to improve the lives of the people living in Central Australia. 

Local Arrernte and Anmatjere Elder Patricia Perrurle Ansell-Dodds (Aunty Pat) is being recognised for her significant contributions to the health, well-being, and advancement of First Nations people living in the region and beyond. 

• Read more about Tree hidey-holes key to helping slow declines of small mammals

A decline of natural tree hollows is forcing arboreal mammal numbers to fall, according to a new study exploring why these species are disappearing in Northern Australia. 

The study led by Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL) investigated whether the number of tree hollows in Northern Australian tropical savanna are contributing to the decline of arboreal mammals, or animals that live in trees. 

• Read more about CDU partnered with NAAJA to deliver True Justice Program on-Country

Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Law School has partnered with the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) to provide students with a unique glimpse into the legal system from the perspectives of First Nations Peoples.

• Read more about Global research warns climate change is increasing groundwater temperatures

A world first global groundwater temperature model projects that shallow groundwater will warm on average by between 2.1 and 3.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. 

Charles Darwin University (CDU) Outstanding Future Researcher Dr Dylan Irvine and University of Newcastle’s Dr Gabriel Rau collaborated with colleagues from Canada, Germany, and Austria to develop the model, which aims to reveal the long-term implications of on-going shallow water groundwater warming caused by climate change.

• Read more about MOU to strengthen connections with key North Coast American organisations

A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Charles Darwin University (CDU) and three American North Coast organisations will support collaboration and cooperation across learning, teaching and research. 

The partnership between CDU and Blue Lake Rancheria, Cal Poly Humboldt, and College of the Redwoods is the result of productive engagements over the course of 12 months and was signed during a week-long visit to the North Coast area by a delegation from CDU.