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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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CQU-linked song placed in top 10 

Published on 26 February, 2004 

CQU Bundaberg researcher Dr Karl Neuenfeldt’s work with music from the Torres Strait has earned him national recognition.

Produced by Neuenfeldt, Tukuipau Ngulaigna But – a traditional song sung for maritime workers away from home from the central islands – has been placed at number seven in a Top 10 Songs list from the National Library of Australia’s archives.

PhotoID:1223The ABC asked music curator for the National Library, Robyn Holmes to list her top 10 songs from the Library's music archives.

The National Library of Australia collects mainly written records of music, such as songbooks and manuscripts. But Robyn managed to also find sound recordings of her favourite items for them.

Neuenfeldt’s song is sung and played by Father Dalton Bon, Silen David, Ellen Mills, Cessa Nakata, Viti Pearson, Hans Sambo and Ina Titasey.

The song features on the CD Sailing the Southeast Wind: Maritime Music from Torres Strait.

You can see other songs that made it to the top 10 list at http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s1006149.htm.

Meanwhile, Dr Neuenfeldt has been mentioned a The Courier Mail feature as a recent collaborator with Nigel Pegrum, the former drummer for British folk-rock band Steeleye Span.

The newspaper reports that Pegrum, now based in Cairns, has lately been gathering the authentic tales and songs of Cape York and the Torres Strait, often working with Dr Neuenfeldt.