{"id":17556,"date":"2024-08-08T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2024-08-06T12:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T02:29:49","slug":"griffith-archive-genesis-of-gumurrii-student-success-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2024\/08\/08\/griffith-archive-genesis-of-gumurrii-student-success-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffith Archive: Genesis of GUMURRII Student Success Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of Griffth&#8217;s founding principles was equal access to education. As Griffith grew, so did this ideal. Less than 10 years after commencing teaching in 1975, it was recognised more could be done to attract and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the late 1980s, the Australian Government proposed changes resulting in several tertiary institutions across the country amalgamating. One of these was the Brisbane College of Advanced Education (BCAE) Mount Gravatt merging with Griffith to become our current Mount Gravatt campus. There was an &#8216;Aboriginal and Islander Student Group&#8217; at BCAE and an &#8216;Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Unit&#8217; had begun at Griffith in 1986. Their merger created the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/gumurrii\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">GUMURRII Student Success Unit<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/griffitharchive.griffith.edu.au\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Griffith Archive&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> upcoming online exhibition, <em>Griffith Geneses: GUMURRII Student Success Unit<\/em>, examines the history of Griffith&#8217;s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support services<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and their impact, from its genesis in the 1980<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s through to today&#8217;s GUMURRII Student Success Unit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/library\/contact\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Contact the Library<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to find out more about the Griffith Archive and all the ways the Library is &#8216;here to help&#8217;.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Griffith University is proud to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17086 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SDG-4-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SDG-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SDG-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SDG-4.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16751 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/02\/E_WEB_10-300x300.png\" alt=\"The icon for Goal 10 of the Sustainable Development Goals. An infinity symbol with the words reading Reduced inequalities\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/02\/E_WEB_10-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/02\/E_WEB_10-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/02\/E_WEB_10-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/02\/E_WEB_10-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/02\/E_WEB_10.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16880 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/04\/The-Library-here-to-help-logo-_-Transparent-300x300.png\" alt=\"red circle. Writing says &quot;The Library here to help&quot;\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/04\/The-Library-here-to-help-logo-_-Transparent-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/04\/The-Library-here-to-help-logo-_-Transparent-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/04\/The-Library-here-to-help-logo-_-Transparent-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/04\/The-Library-here-to-help-logo-_-Transparent.png 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17289\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/06\/Collection-tagline-300x73-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"73\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Griffth&#8217;s founding principles was equal access to education. As Griffith grew, so did this ideal. 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