Caitlin Cassidy, ‘Breaking down the walls’: the long journey towards Indigenous inclusion at University of Melbourne, The Guardian, 12 August 2025
Institution’s second volume of truth-telling reveals a process of reconciliation that has been ‘imperfect, overdue and then often painfully slow, but marked by stories of courage and hope’.
It took more than 100 years after universities were established in Australia for an Indigenous student to graduate.
Margaret Williams-Weir, a Gumbaynggirr and Malera Bundjalung woman, completed a diploma in physical education at the University of Melbourne in 1959.