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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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OHS student happy with dragon boat results in China 

Published on 14 June, 2007 

Occupational Health & Safety student Brea Richardson, from Canberra, is happy with her team's results in a recent international dragon boat competition.

Ms Richardson was a member of the Sydney City Dragons team (including ACT reps) which has just returned from competing in the 2007 Chinese National Dragon Boat Month Series Races on the Yangtse River, an official series recognised by the International Dragon Boat Federation.

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The rally race segment of the Chinese series is also listed in the World Guiness Book of Records.

"For a composite team we did very well, especially considering we are not a representative team and we beat rep teams!" Ms Richardson said.

Results:  Yichang (Hubei Province) 500m mixed - 4th place; 39km Rally Race - 12th place;  Chongzhou, Chengdu (Sichuan Province) 250m mixed - 3rd place; 500m mixed - 3rd place; 1000m mixed - 5th place; Overall - 3rd place.

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