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History students Josè Manga and Luke Barkmeyer are on work placement at the Golden Dragon Museum unearthing stories from old gold Bendigo. “In history we talk about silences and this is one of the silences we perceive in Bendigo,” Josè says on the Chinese history that simmers under the surface here. “The aim of our... Continue Reading →
Studying from home took on many guises last year. For some it required clearing space for a laptop on the kitchen table. For Rachel Claire it meant completely transforming the living room of her Castlemaine home into a makeshift studio. Here the Bachelor of Creative Arts student made a dozen sculptures which are steering the... Continue Reading →
Once Nina Bice stepped over that frightening threshold of day one at university, there was no looking back. Fast forward two years and she’s now halfway through a Bachelor of Human Services/Master of Social Work, with a fresh future in reach. “I felt like a prep on my first day of uni,” Nina says. “It... Continue Reading →
Engineering students Sarah McLennan, James Goode, Jaiden Swanson and Max Brook’s design for an aquaponic gardening system has been recognised in an international competition through the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship in Germany. The second-year Bendigo students won second place in the global innovation challenge against university students from around the world, including the USA, UK,... Continue Reading →
The La Trobe Art Institute’s View Street gallery launched its latest façade mid-lockdown, titled Work Worth Doing. New LAI director Bala Starr says Kay Abude’s photograph raises very public questions around labour inequality and the utility of artists’ work. “Questions that have become urgent under COVID’s shadow,” she says. For Bala, taking La Trobe’s art... Continue Reading →
Three Bendigo Master of Occupational Therapy Practice students have completed a project they hope will help mothers and children who have experienced family violence. Teal Annett-McClellan, Josh Henthorn and Hayley Burton have spent the past ten weeks developing a Sensory Toy Library and Children’s Support Manual for Bendigo refuge centre Annie North. Teal says while... Continue Reading →
Dr Dilhani Dissanayake was at Old Church on the Hill’s Feast of Stories event, listening to local Indian people speak of their culinary culture, when one of her Australian friends asked her, what is cinnamon? Is it a seed or fruit or flower? “I was shocked to hear my friend knew nothing about it, although... Continue Reading →
While many people have found time for creative pursuits during COVID-19 lockdown, that's been a challenge for some of our most creative. Bendigo Campus Creative Arts lecturer Dr Andrew Goodman has spent his isolation time transitioning his subjects to online learning and facilitating home schooling for his child, plus applying for some of the new... Continue Reading →
Forget relaxing in the uni holidays – the last time Bendigo student Leah Rinaldi put her feet up was two weeks ago. “I can tell you exactly where I was,” she says. “I had my feet up, sitting in the armchair at home.” And then she hit ‘create’ on her Facebook page Shop 2 Support... Continue Reading →
Consider Tom Connellan’s first day in an ambulance. The Paramedicine student was stationed in Bendigo when called to a road trauma in Serpentine; a single car rollover and a driver with spinal injuries. “Obviously when you first go to something like that it’s a big thing, and that was my first clinical placement, as a... Continue Reading →
