Yindyamarra

In 2026 the Yindyamarra Fireside Oration is sponsored by Yindyamarra Nguluway in collaboration with the Gulbali Institute. For the first time the Oration will not be held in Canberra, but on Charles Sturt University’s Albury campus as part of Gulbali Day celebrations in NAIDOC Week. We invite you to join us there.

Recorded at Charles Sturt University’s Albury campus during Gulbali Day and NAIDOC Week, the 2026 Yindyamarra Fireside Oration marked 60 years since the Wave Hill Walk-Off. Worimi man, author and Charles Sturt PhD candidate Josh Gilbert reflected on agricultural truth-telling, Indigenous identity and farming, exploring the challenges, opportunities and partnerships needed to strengthen Indigenous participation and build a more resilient agricultural future.

In an age of division, noise and rapid change, how do we find our way back to meaningful conversation?

Distinguished Professor Stan Grant delivered a powerful public lecture at Charles Sturt University' Bathurst campus exploring the limits of language in a fractured world.

Drawing on philosophy, history and lived experience, Stan reflects on the limits of language in a fractured world
- and the urgent need to reconnect through deeper forms of understanding.

At the heart of this conversation is Yindyamarra - a Wiradyuri philosophy grounded in respect, humility and deep listening. Through this lens, the event invites us to reconsider how we engage with one another, especially in moments where words fall short. 

This is more than a lecture. 

It is a call to pause, reflect and listen - to ourselves, to each other, and to the world around us.

Join Stan and Jack as they reflect on Stan's latest themes in his Simone Weil Lectures at ACU and his Richard Johnson Lecture at the Centre for Public Christianity.

Join Stan and Jack as they reflect on Oasis's reunion, Stan's experience of the historic concert in England, the relationship of music to the soul of a nation, and the challenges and dangers of  nationalism in the modern world.

 

Apologies for some feed disruption on Stan's microphone during recording!

Join Stan and Jack as they reflect on Stan's latest trip to England as it has shaped his thinking about his novel, the life of Old England, and the vocation of the writer.