Sean Ulm

Our new book is now available for pre-order on Amazon with a nice discount!

www.amazon.com.au/dp/1761471732/

The Voice would have renewed Australian democracy. Its failure leaves us all worse off Democracies thrive on adapting and changing to new injustices and problems. The failure of the Voice referendum raises questions about Australia’s democratic health.

@jcuofficial.bsky.social's Sana Nakata on how the Voice would have renewed Australian democracy and how its failure leaves us all worse off theconversation.com/the-voice-wo...

Another step closer to publication of our new book with the release of the cover on the Allen & Unwin website.

The First Inventors: How people shaped a continent
Billy Griffiths, Larissa Behrendt & Sean Ulm

www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/...

It's so exciting to see our new book beginning to be publicised!

Thanks to our publisher @allenandunwin.bsky.social nwin.bsky.social for their professionalism and support!

Check-out our new publication led by Mike Kneppers synthesising people-mollusc engagement across the Coral Sea Cultural Interaction Sphere, Southwestern Pacific Ocean

doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...

HMS Pandora is Australia’s most scientifically excavated shipwreck – yet it still holds secrets The British Navy’s HMS Pandora struck the Great Barrier Reef around 1791 and sank, taking 35 men with it.

HMS Pandora is Australia’s most scientifically excavated shipwreck – yet it still holds secrets theconversation.com/hms-pandora-...

The ABC’s Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations ‘books of the 21st century’ Just three Aboriginal writers appeared in Radio National’s poll. There was little sense of the breadth and creativity of our First Nations writing scene.

Here are 10 Australian First Nations books from the past 25 years (in no particular order) @littleredwrites.bsky.social nominates for the books of the century. So many beautiful and poignant books on this list!

theconversation.com/the-abcs-top...

How forensic analysis and traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang Grip marks, blood and fire damage hint at the fascinating history of a non-returning boomerang.

Wonderful new work by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country on non-returning wangim (boomerangs)

theconversation.com/how-forensic...

And read the full article #openaccess in @austarchj.bsky.social:

doi.org/10.1080/0312...

Explore an epic story 65,000 years in the making Dive into Deep Time, an immersive story of the knowledge, art and ingenuity of Australia’s First Nations peoples — told like never before.

ABC Deep Time Australia Launched Today

Congratulations to everyone involved in working with the ABC News Story Lab to bring this project to fruition!

@ciehf.bsky.social is proud to have closely collaborated on this project.

www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/

Stone artefacts on submerged land surfaces: A response to Larcombe et al.

Our team’s latest piece. Correcting the record. Again.

Rigorous field validation reaffirms the preservation and integrity of Murujuga’s underwater cultural heritage.

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lxes,3sl4...

Our team has a new research paper out revisiting what we really know about Mary Watson's Cottage on Jiigurru (Lizard Island Group).

Hint: The stone building is not Mary Watson's Cottage!

doi.org/10.25120/qar...

The Land Bridge podcast Listen to The Land Bridge podcast. Long-form interviews exploring the ice-age Bassian Plain beneath today’s Bass Strait with researchers and custodians.

Check-out The Land Bridge podcast series exploring the deep cultural history of the Bassian Plain!

Each episode features a minimally edited, long interview with an expert or a team, who help us explore the deep cultural landscape which is now submerged under Bass Strait.

thelandbridge.au/podcasts/

‘Australiana’ images made by AI are racist and full of tired cliches, new study shows What do Australians and Australia look like according to generative AI? The results are alarming.

"We found when generative AIs produce images of Australia and Australians, these outputs are riddled with bias. They reproduce sexist and racist caricatures more at home in the country’s imagined monocultural past."

theconversation.com/australiana-...

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them.

Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing Tim Winton, Helen Garner and Peter Garrett are just a few of the high-profile signatories to an open letter against Job-Ready Graduates – and for the humanities.

Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates

The critical thinking, problem-solving, and creative skills of Bachelor of Arts graduates are critical for navigating a future of challenges and careers that haven’t yet been imagined.

#RepealJRG

theconversation.com/top-australi...

Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia Thousands of years ago, adults and children left their marks on soft rock surfaces deep in this cave in GunaiKurnai Country.

Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia

theconversation.com/precious-fin...

Amazing new research led by GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Madeleine Kelly, Bruno David et al.

It was an honour to participate in the official opening of the new Dawul Wuru Aboriginal Corporation premises at Stratford this morning!

The event was a celebration of 15 years of commitment, hard work, and the vision of everyone working for and with Dawul Wuru.

@ciehf.bsky.social

Their old people sang of a place lost beneath the waves. Now it's found For years, researchers have been trying to find ancient artefacts sitting on the ocean floor. Now they have brought in Indigenous rangers to help.

Their Old People sang of a place lost beneath the waves. Now it’s found.

Another fantastic achievement of the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation collaborating with our Deep History of Sea Country project.

Congratulations @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social for leading this.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

We were part of the world heritage listing of Murujuga. Here’s why all Australians should be proud Murujuga is Australia’s 21st world heritage property, but only the second property listed exclusively for its Indigenous cultural values.

A great overview by @ciehf.bsky.social's @jojomcd.bsky.social and partners of the decades-long work of Ngarda-Ngarli to protect their Country with the inscription of the Murujuga Cultural landscape to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

theconversation.com/we-were-part...

Jacinta Walsh reviews ‘Jilya: How one Indigenous woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology’ by Tracy Westerman here’s a crisis happening in Australia – and each year it worsens,’ writes Tracy Westerman. Aboriginal children face devastating disparities: they die at four times the rate of non-Aboriginal children...

Check-out Jacinta Walsh’s insightful review of @drtracywesterman.bsky.social‬’s ‘Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology’

www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...

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UNESCO approves World Heritage bid for rock art over emissions concerns The UNESCO has approved World Heritage status for the 50,000-year-old rock art of Murujuga, in Western Australia in Paris.

Congratulations to the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation and the whole Ngarda-Ngarli community for all their years of tireless work to achieve UNESCO World Heritage Listing for their Country!

A unanimous UNESCO vote! And what a way to end #NAIDOC Week 2025!

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Congrats to CIEHF AI Prof Kathryn Fitzsimmons on her ARC Future Fellowship! Her project will reveal how Australia's deserts formed—and what could reawaken them. Big data + climate models = resilience for dryland futures.
🔗 @MonashUni
#CIEHF #ARCFutureFellowship
Image taken on Bindal Country

Huge congrats to Centre Chief Investigator A/Prof Felecia Watkin Lui on her ARC Future Fellowship! Her project centres Torres Strait Islander voices in climate migration research—supporting resilience, health & Sea Country connection. 🌊

Image of retaining walls on Masig in Torres Strait

Australia can't withstand further humanities cuts The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...

humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

Australia can't withstand further humanities cuts The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...

humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

Many congratulations Chris to you, the team, and all the project partners!

So many congratulations to my dear colleague @jojomcd.bsky.social and @ciehf.bsky.social Chief Investigator on receiving an ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship for her project Pilbara Dreaming: Rock Art, Water and Heritage Futures!

Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago New research indicates Dargan Shelter was occupied as early as the last Ice Age and repeatedly visited during this cold period.

Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago theconversation.com/ice-age-shel...

An exciting end of the week for us here at @ciehf.bsky.social with boxes of our very first Annual Report for 2024 arriving for distribution!

A big shout out to @teresacarrette.bsky.social and all of our members and partners for contributing to a wonderful first year of operations!

What a wonderful week on Wulgurukaba and Bindal Country this week for @ciehf.bsky.social's inaugural Working on Country Masterclass lead by @jcuofficial.bsky.social's Professor Martin Nakata.