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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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BAUHINIA LITERARY AWARDS 2009 

Open Story, First Prize   ($450)

Sascha Morell (Petersham NSW) "The Statues"

Highly Commended

Peter Watts (Byford, WA) "The Feral Kitten"

Sascha Morell (Petersham NSW) "Fishskins" & "The Judge"

David Gibb (North Brighton, SA) "The Expert & The Iceman"

Irma Gold (Wanniassa, ACT) "The Visit"

David Campbell (Beaumaris Vic) "Killing Time"

Lisa Walker (Lennox Head NSW) "His Inappropriate Heart"

Commended

Fred Curtis (Aspendale, Vic) "The Letter: To Whom It may Concern"

Maris Morton (Uki, NSW) "A Third Boy"

Betsy Roberts (Banora Pt, NSW) "Leaving Home"

Cathryn Hein (Wickham, NSW) "The Race"

Jennifer Hetherington (Beaconsfield, WA) "Saving Tinkerbell"

Catherine Harris (Oak Park, Vic)

"Our Breakfast Hostess, or How I Gained 15 Kilos - A Memoir"

Bill Cotter (Bairnsdale, Vic) "The Bluff"

Carole Howe (Rowville, Vic) "Fishing"

David Campbell (Beaumaris Vic) "The Way of Things"

Lisa Walker (Lennox Head, NSW) "Night Calls"

Susan Skowronski  (Toowoomba, Q) "The Hazards of Smoking"

Peter Watts (Byford, WA) "Pearls of Great Price"

Regional Story,  First Prize ($300)

Di Loughnan (Roma Q) "Fish out of Water"

Highly Commended

Margaret Finger (Clermont Q) "Unto Dust" and "The Good Cook"

L.L.Hill (Innes Park Nth Q) "Christmas on the Farm" 

Davina Taylor (Rockhampton Q) "Waiting for the Sunrise"     

Commended

T.K.Harrison (Yeppoon Q) "Perfect Day"                     

Barbara Stackpole (Rockhampton Q) "Pups' Noses" and "Choices"      -

G.R.Hooper (Rockhampton Q) "The Tree"

Tertiary Student Story:  First Prize  $150

Anthony Greenwood (Mooloolaba Q) "Sandcastles" 

Highly Commended

Martin Scott (Joyner Q) "Land of the Living"

Leanne Barr (Cootharaba Q) "Perdita"

Cecily Eggmolesse (CQUniversity, Rockhampton Q) "Party Day"

Commended

Kellie West (North Rockhampton Q) "Something Somewhat Substantial"

Suvi Mahonen (Olinda, Vic) "Drainage, Production and the Diary Truth Rule"

Open Poetry: First Prize ($300)

Stuart Barnes (Clifton Hill, Vic)  "El Espolio (The Disrobing of Christ)"

Highly Commended

Stuart Barnes       "Oedipus in Fever Fog"

Andrew Slattery (Caves Beach, NSW) "Water Rite"   

Roger Callen (Glass House Mountains, Q) "Ficus"

John Stokes (Hackett, ACT)  "Entering the Old Channel"

Commended 

Nana Ollerenshaw (Buderim Q)  "VA 777 - 300" 

Helen Ramoutsaki (Mossman Q)   "Homestead"       

Ashley Capes (Bairnsdale Vic)  "Beached"  

Sam Byfield (Brunswick Vic) "The Infinite Possibilities of Water"

Regional Poetry: First Prize ( $100)

Patricia Rayner (Kinka Beach, Yeppoon Q) "Without Rain" 

 Highly Commended

R.J.Anderson (Tannum Sands Q) "When Tides Meet"

Jan Sullivan (Bundaberg)  "The Show"

Pat Rayner (Kinka Beach)"Telling me the Impulse"

Commended

Lyn Oliver (Yeppoon) "My Son the Mussel"

Yvonne Riek (Rockhampton)  "Bourke Street, At Evening"

 G.R.Hooper (Rockhampton) "Walking"

Margaret Finger (Clermont) "Historians"

International Tertiary Student Poetry: First Prize ($100)

Keith Westwater (New Zealand) "The West Winds Gang is Back"

Tertiary Student Poetry: First Prize ($100)

Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia Q) "Saturday Nights at the Myola"

Highly Commended

Keith Westwater (New Zealand) "The West Winds Gang is Back" & "Town Statue Talk" Mark Lord (Rockhampton Q)  "Our Alibi"

Commended

Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia Q) "In the Gallery Café Courtyard" 

Secondary Student Story: First Prize ($100)

Caroline McAlister (Buderim Q) "Fire"

Highly Commended

Isabel Zeil-Rolfe (Rockhampton Q)  "The Red Leaf" &  "The Song"

Commended

Adam Weitzer (Caulfield Vic) "The Previously Unpublished Truth About Bliss"

Abraham Pearson (Capalaba Q)   "Triple Cross"

Sheyanne Frisby (Yeppoon)  "Flying Shadows"

Secondary Student Poetry: First Prize ($70)

Jack Burnham (Currimundi Q) "In Memory of Adam Lindsay Gordon"

Highly Commended

Jack Burnham (Currimundi Q) "Lost and Found"

Adam Weitzer (Caulfield Vic) "Guns of Folly"

Commended

Isabel Zeil-Rolfe (Rockhampton Q) "The Ancient Land"

Primary Student Story:  First Prize $70

Larissa Zeil-Rolfe (Rockhampton) "My Pony"

Highly Commended 

Tess Van Der Veen,(Mackay Q) "Handlop's House of Horror"

Larissa Zeil-Rolfe (Rockhampton Q) "The Hat's Adventure"

Commended

Sara West (Rockhampton Q) "Farm of a Different Sort"