How we collaborated in creating The First Inventors to celebrate extraordinary Indigenous peoples' knowledges and technologies

By Larissa Behrendt, Professor of Law and Director of Research, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney
Ian J. McNiven, Professor of Indigenous Archaeology, Monash University
Sean Ulm, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, James Cook University

The First Inventors documentary series is appearing on our screens at a time when Australia engages in some big national conversations about voice, truth, and treaty.

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