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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Launch due for latest Idiom 23 magazine 

Published on 16 November, 2005 

The latest 'Idiom 23' literary magazine will be launched from 6pm this Friday, November 18, at Rockhampton's Walter Reid Cultural Centre.

The exceptional collection of short stories and poems (Volume 17 in the series) will be launched by CQU Professor Alan Knight.

'Idiom 23' is supported by CQU. The current volume was edited by Dr Jeanette Delamoir from Informatics & Communication.

Copies will be on sale for $15 (including GST) at the launch. The 2004 Volume 16 plus 2005 Volume 17 will be available as a package deal for only $20.

PhotoID:2560 Launch details are available from Leonie Healey -(07) 4923 2516 or l.healey@cqu.edu.au.

Post-launch $15 copies will be available from the CQU Bookshop on campus, CQU Press downtown, and by phone order/mail via Ms Healey.

Winning entries in the 2005 Bauhinia Literary Awards (conducted in conjunction with the magazine) include:.

Open Story.

1st – Michael Hunt (Lismore NSW) – “Another Flower for Sergei”.

Highly Commended – David Gibb (North Brighton, SA) – “ Piccadilly Lilly”.

Regional Story.

1st – Marie Martin (Emerald, CQ) – “Cement Children”.

Highly Commended – Isabel Hoch (Rockhampton, CQ) – “Moon Message”.

Commended – Jennifer Osten (Bundaberg, CQ) – “When the Blue of the Night...”.

– Rita Diplock (Rockhampton, CQ) – “Red Reflections”.

Tertiary Student Story.

1st – Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia, Qld) – “Aunt Matilda’s Party Dress”.

Highly Commended – Matthew Lowe (Sunnybank, Qld) – “Departures”.

Commended.

- Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia, Qld) – “The Girl and the Tiger”.

- Sharon Kernot (Upper Hermitage, SA) – “Murder in the Underdown Road”.

Secondary School Story.

1st – Julia Cook (North Rockhampton, CQ) – “This is my Life now”.

Highly Commended – Kate Letheren (Shailer Park, Qld) – “Beneath the Red Balloon”.

Commended.

- Kevin Wang (Haileybury College, Keysborough, Vic) – “A Fresh Start”.

- Peter Tao (Haileybury College, Keysborough, Vic) – “The Start”.

Primary School Story.

1st – Damien Blackman (Bouldercombe, CQ) – “What is School? – The Bully (Parts A & B)”.

Commended – Amelia Ogg (Jardine, CQ) – “Imagine".

Open Poetry 1st – Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia, Qld) – “Leaning into Morning”.

Highly Commended.

- Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia, Qld) – “Piano”.

- TM Collins (Gumdale, Qld) – “Walking a Crop Circle”.

Regional Poetry.

1st – Patricia Rayner (Yeppoon, CQ) – “Away from the World, Waking”.

Highly Commended – Isabel Hoch Rockhampton, CQ) – “Twenty Years” & “Short Thoughts”.

Tertiary Student Poetry.

1st - Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia, Qld) – “Birds of Passage”.

Highly Commended.

- Ayana Noble (St Lawrence, CQ) – “Until”.

- Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia, Qld) – “ Whale Sonnets”.

Secondary School Poetry.

1st – Rebecca Banner (Mosman, NSW) – “Haphazard Man”.

Highly Commended - Kate Letheren (Shailer Park, Qld)- “The Sun’s Parthenon”.

First prize and highly commended entries will be published in the 2006 'Idiom 23' magazine. Commended and special mention stories will be published if space permits.