Enlighted Aboriginal Futures/Sandhill Girl: The Story of Two Books/The Importance of Writing as Kin

Name: Enlighted Aboriginal Futures/Sandhill Girl: The Story of Two Books/The Importance of Writing as Kin
Start: 2025-09-18T19:30:00+09:30
End: 2025-09-18T21:00:00+09:30
Location: Immanuel Lutheran Church, North Adelaide

Schedule

Thu Sep 18 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+09:30

Location

Immanuel Lutheran Church, North Adelaide | Adelaide, SA

Monthly Friends of Lutheran Archives public meeting.
Also available via YouTube LiveStream: https://www.youtube.com/@friendsoflutheranarchives9644/live
Speakers: Professor Barry Judd and Associate Professor Katherine Ellinghaus
$6 donation at the door. No bookings required.
In 2017, Professor Barry Judd, Deputy Vice Chancellor -
Indigenous, University of Melbourne, and Professor Katherine Ellinghaus, Professor of History in the School of Archaeology & History, La Trobe University embarked on a project that explored the work of Pastor F.W. Albrecht and the Finke River Mission. In particular, they were interested in the story of an education scheme initiated during the 1950s and 1960s that targeted Aboriginal girls (one of whom was Professor Judd’s mother, Lorna Wilson) living on pastoral stations across Central Australia. Professors Judd and Ellinghaus will talk about how the theme of non-Indigenous and Indigenous people finding ways to work together authentically and productively permeated both the books and the project itself.
Barry Judd is a distinguished academic and accomplished leader, currently holding the positions of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) and Professor of Indigenous Studies in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Professor Judd's academic background is extensive, with an MA in Public Policy and a PhD in Australian Indigenous Studies, as well as postgraduate qualifications in higher education teaching and learning.
Kat Ellinghaus is a Professor of History in the School of Archaeology and History at La Trobe University, where she teaches Australian history. She is of Irish and German descent. Kat has researched and written extensively on Indigenous assimilation policies and made an enduring contribution to the field in Australia and internationally. In the field of Australian history, ethical scholarly practices are becoming as, if not more, important than scholarly esteem and expertise. In her most recent work Kat has added a new and important focus: collaborative practice and history writing based on collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and people which places ethics and community at the highest priority.