We're excited to have you on board this groundbreaking project. Ngarrngga is a Taungurung word meaning to know, to hear, to understand. Our vision is for all Australian students to connect with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures. To support teachers to do that work, we're delighted to offer a rich slate of curriculum resources and professional development in collaboration with Indigenous Knowledge Experts from around the country.

Ngarrngga x Narragunnawali Forum 

On 24 November we were delighted to co-host the Reconciliation in Education: Past-Present-Future forum at the National Museum in Canberra. Our Project Director Professor Melitta Hogarth joined other leading experts in the teaching of First Nations histories and cultures for a robust discussion about how to create a better and fairer education system.

Ngarrngga central to University's Indigenous Strategy

Former ABC journalist and current Vice Chancellor’s Fellow Jon Faine recently facilitated a panel discussion about the vision for Ngarrngga at the university. Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Tony Garvey welcomed an audience of business, community and academic leaders to the event, which featured Project Director Professor Melitta Hogarth, Professor Marcia Langton and Katrina Murphy, Principal of Partnering, Indigenous Engagement at BHP.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Duncan Maskell (pictured below) celebrated Ngarrngga's status as a Signature Initiative driving the University of Melbourne's Indigenous Strategy, Murmuk Djerring, which means ‘working together’ in Woi Wurrung language. The Strategy features five priority areas, including a commitment to truth-telling and justice, as well as to recognising, curating and activating Indigenous Knowledge and value systems across the university.

The research

Ngarrngga honours the traditional custodians of country/place throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection of First Peoples to lands, waters, cultures and communities. We pay deep respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems, histories and cultures, and to Elders past and present.