Please note: This is an online event.

We are delighted to host Mark McKenna in conversation with Jock Serong to discuss McKenna’s Return to Uluru.

When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the centre of Australia, he had no idea what he would discover. One event in 1934 – the shooting at Uluru of Aboriginal man Yokunnuna by white policeman Bill McKinnon, and subsequent Commonwealth inquiry – stood out as a mirror of racial politics in the Northern Territory at the time.

Return to Uluru brings a cold case to life. It speaks directly to the Black Lives Matter movement, but is completely Australian. Ultimately it is a story of recognition and return, which goes to the very heart of the country. At the centre of it all is Uluru, the sacred site where paths fatefully converged.

This event is free to attend but bookings are essential as places are strictly limited.

Please book here.

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This event commences online at 6.30pm using the video conferencing platform Zoom.

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