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The Jabal story

 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are still under-represented in higher education and even more under-represented in higher degree programs. The Australian National University (ANU), through the Jabal Centre and the Indigenous Australian Postgraduate Program, aims to redress this anomaly.

In 1988, ANU established on its campus an Indigenous Australian Liaison Office and Student Centre, now known as the Jabal Centre, to respond to the need for dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island support services within the ANU Community.

The name 'Jabal' means the 'large assembly of groups from widely separated areas.'

The Jabal Centre's logo is an artwork produced by an ANU Indigenous student, Danie Mellor, and depicts this idea, with the blue and white dreaming tracks leading into a central meeting place. It is along these paths that students travel and meet at Jabal. From this central ground, students branch out into different areas from the University into their chosen fields of learning.

To read about the artist, Danie Mellor, describe his work, click here.