Partners in the NRP are involved in an array
of innovative activities promoting greater awareness about Australia’s Indigenous performance traditions, new opportunities for their exponents and research excellence in this field.

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

2008

• Prof. Allan Marett and Dr Sally Treloyn convene the 7th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance in Darwin in association with Charles Darwin University and the Darwin Fesitval.

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Sally Treloyn speak about
  the relationships Indigenous performance and cultural health at Key Forum of the Garma Festival, GulKula.

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn speak about the Manikay tradition on ABC Radio National.

• The Ghost Songs, ABC Radio National’s documentary
  about Wangga of North Australia, is nominated for the prestigious Prix Italia.

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula, Prof. Allan Marett and Dr Aaron Corn speak, and perform traditional Manikay
  and Wangga at the International Council for Traditional Music Colloquium on Indigenous Music and Dance as Cultural Property in Toronto.

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn speak publically and perform traditional Manikay at Queen’s University, Belfast.

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula, Prof. Allan Marett and Dr Aaron Corn perform traditional Manikay and Wangga
  at the Macleay Museum.

2007

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn present a public lecture at the State Library of NSW for History Week on their research in the AP Elkin Personal Archives.

• The Northern Territory Library wins an Access to Learning Award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to upgrade Indigenous Knowledge Centres in the Northern Territory.

• Prof. Wendy Brady launches volume 1 of the Indigenous Music of Australia, Wurrurrumi Kun-Borrk: Songs from Western Arnhem Land by Kevin Djimarr, at the 6th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance in Darwin.

• Charles Darwin University's role as the NRP’s institutional home is announced by Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Helen Garnet, at the 6th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance.

• Prof. Allan Marett convenes the 6th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance in Darwin in association with Charles Darwin University and the Darwin Fesitval.

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn present the Luku Lectures on Yolŋu culture at the Art
  Gallery of NSW.

• Dr Aaron Corn convenes an international colloquium in Paris on Indigenous Australian cultural
  heritage collections with Prof. Allan Marett, Assoc. Prof. Linda Barwick and Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula among its speakers.

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn present a plenary paper for the International Association
  of Music Libraries in Sydney.

• Prof. Allan Marett, Assoc. Prof. Linda Barwick, Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn present
  a colloquium on Indigenous Australian song for the International Council for Traditional Music in
  Vienna.

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn present the inaugural Koori Centre Series Lecture at the University of Sydney.

• Dr Neparrŋa Gumbula, Dhamanydji Gaykamaŋu, Djangirrawuy Garawirrtja and Muŋgula Gaykamaŋu perform at the Alliançaise de Sydney.

• Sally Treloyn earns a PhD from the University of Sydney.

• Neparrŋa Gumbula is awarded the Doctor of Music honoris causa by the University of Sydney.

• 17 Yolŋu community representatives visit the University of Sydney to perform Yolŋu ceremony for
  the graduation of Neparrŋa Gumbula, and collaborate in archival research and translation work.

• Neparrŋa Gumbula becomes the University of Sydney’s first Australian Research Council Indigenous Research Fellow.

2006

• Prof. Allan Marett wins the Stanner Award from AIATSIS for his book, Songs, Dreamings and
  Ghosts: The Wangga of North Australia (2005).

• Prof. Allan Marett becomes Vice-President of the International Council for Traditional Music.

• Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn present a Keynote Address to the 37th Annual Symposium
  of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Melbourne.

• Launch of the ‘Murriny Patha Song Project’ website in collaboration with the Wadeye Community,
  NT.

• Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn present the 5th Alice M. Moyle Memorial Lecture to the Australasian Sound Recordings Association Conference, Canberra.

• The 5th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance at the Garma Festival, Gulkula, is convened by
  Dr Aaron Corn and features the Australian Art Orchestra.

• Honour among Nations? edited by Prof. Marcia Langton et al. (2004) is named on the Choice List
  of Outstanding Academic Titles by the American Libraries Association

• Dr Aaron Corn addresses the National Library of Australia Innovative Ideas Forum, Canberra.

• Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn perform with the Gupapuyŋu Dancers from Miliŋinbi at WOMADelaide.

• Dr Aaron Corn’s article, ‘When the Waters Will Be One’ (2005), features on the Australian Public Intellectuals Network.

• Dr Aaron Corn presents a Public Lecture at the Alliance Française de Sydney.

2005

• Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr Aaron Corn perform with the Yalakun Dancers from Gapuwiyak in
  Malaysia and France.

• Neparrŋa Gumbula, Dhamanydji Gaykamaŋu and Muŋgula Gaykamaŋu perform at the Alliançaise de Sydney.

• Prof. Allan Marett, Dr Mandawuy Yunupiŋu, Prof. Marcia Langton, Neparrŋa Gumbula and Dr
  Aaron Corn present a Keynote Address to the National Education and the Arts Symposium for the Australia Council for the Arts, Melbourne.

• Dr Mandawuy Yunupiŋu and Dr Aaron Corn present a Keynote Address to the Musicological
  Society of Australia Music and Social Justice Conference, Sydney.

• Jurtbirrk Lovesongs from North–Western Arnhem Land wins Awards for Best Traditional Album
  and Best Album Design at the NT Indigenous Music Awards.

• The Gupapuyŋu Dancers directed by Neparrŋa Gumbula again win the Buŋgul Prize at the Garma Festival, Gulkula.

• The 4th Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance at the Garma Festival, Gulkula, features
  Takbing Siwaliya from Makassan.

• The NRP launches two pilot studies funded by AIATSIS in partnership with the Yothu Yindi
  Foundation and by the University of Sydney.

2004

• Prof. Marcia Langton presents a Public Lecture at the Victoria College of the Arts, The University
  of Melbourne.

• Prof. Marcia Langton presents a Keynote Address to the Symposium of the International
  Musicological Society, Melbourne.

• The Gupapuyŋu Dancers directed by Neparrŋa Gumbula win the Buŋgul Prize at the Garma Festival, Gulkula.

• Launch of the NRP at the Garma Festival, Gulkula.

• The 3rd Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance at the Garma Festival, Gulkula, features the
  Bauls of Bengal.

• Dr Aaron Corn becomes an Australian Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney.

2003

• Neparrŋa Gumbula becomes a Senior Fellow in Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Sydney.

• Allan Marett is appointed Professor of Musicology at the University of Sydney.

• The 2nd Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance is held at the Garma Festival, Gulkula.

• Aaron Corn earns a PhD from the University of Melbourne.

2002

• The Garma Statement on Indigenous Performance is adopted at inaugural Symposium on
  Indigenous Performance, Gunyaŋara.

• The inaugural Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance is held at Gunyaŋara in partnership the
  Garma Festival, Gulkula.