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Events on Indigenous Australian culture and history

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Freedom Ride '65 Exhibition

Freedom Ride '65: unpublished photos from the Tribune archive 

The 1965 Freedom Ride

A conversation with Ann Curthoys and John Maynard

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Indigenous Literacy Day 2015

A talk with Bronwyn Bancroft 

Indigenous X

A panel discussion with Indigenous X on 'Indigenous Voices' led by Luke Pearson

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Library's contribution to Corroboree Sydney Festival 2014

'Your Sydney Stories' by Aboriginal artist Jonathan Jones

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Redfern Now Conversations

A conversation with the actors of the 'Redfern Now' TV series

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Marimirang: Elders and Language at the State Library

How the Library is helping in revitalising Indigenous languages? 

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'My Sydney Writer’s Workshops'

Workshop by Story Factory, to celebrate Corroboree 2014

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NAIDOC 2014

For King And Country: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Experiences In War

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Hidden Gems Symposium

Symposium on the role of libraries and archives in cultural revitalisation

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