Uniting Church National History society

4th Biennial History Conference

Truth-Telling:

from Colonising

to Covenanting

Artist: Frances Rrikili Garrawurra

Thursday night, Friday and Sunday

at Darwin Memorial Uniting Church

78 Smith St, Darwin CBD

Saturday at Nungalinya College

72 Dripstone Rd, Nakara

(Conference fees include Saturday

transport from DMUC to Nungalinya)

venues

Come visit Darwin in the beautiful Top End!

highlights

of the conference

The honourable yingiya (mark) guyula MLA

Keynote Speaker

welcome to country & smoking ceremony

Traditional Owners

the Larrakia Nation

weather

Darwin

in August....

The dry season in the Top End

runs from May to October.

Temperatures range from

21°C to 32°C with humidity

of around 20 to 35%

and there’s little to no rain.

The days are sunny and the

nights are mild....

a perfect time to visit.

Darwin has a very casual and relaxed dress code.

Wear what's cool and comfy!

NOTE: The venues are

air-conditoned, so you may want to bring an extra layer, wrap or cardigan if air-con makes you

too cool!

accommodaton

Accommodation is not included in your confrerence registraion fees -

please organise your own

There are plenty of options

within walking distance to

Darwin Memorial Uniting Church,

from budget backpackers

right up to luxury 5 star hotels

Program

Thursday Night 24th August 2023

Darwin Memorial Uniting Church

5.30pm Meal for conference participants

7.00pm Welcome to Country including Smoking Ceremony

7.30pm Keynote Speaker, Yingiya Mark Guyula MLA

Friday 25th August 2023 - Darwin Memorial Uniting Church and Hall

9.00am Session One

Judith Raftery: Mission - Impossible? Accomplished?

Jonathan Barker: Rev Wali Fejo, Larrakia Man and Minister

Stuart McMillan: Uniting Church History of Covenanting

10.30am Morning Tea

11.00am Session Two

Alison Longworth: Two Journeys: Truth-telling & Covenanting on Noongar country

Andrew Watts: Kunmunya and JRB Love: True stories around relationship beginnings

Gail Cresswell & Robert Hoskin: Comparing Aboriginal Education in the 1960's and

present day in Mowanjum, North Western Australia

12.30pm Lunch

Friday 25th August 2023 - Darwin Memorial Uniting Church and Hall

1.30pm Session Three

Margaret Reeson: Eyewitness - a personal view of social and religious change from

1961 in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Emily Hayes: John Flynn and Charles Duguid: Contested Narratives of the Inland

David Goldney AM: "It makes one smile and it makes one weep"

3.00pm Afternoon Tea

3.30pm Session Four

Visit Chung Wah Society Museum and Temple

Talks on Methodist ministry with Chinese

5.00pm Free evening

Time to enjoy Darwin Festival, or one of our local restaurants, or just take

some downtime to mull over all the interesting sessions so far.

Saturday 26th August 2023 - Nungalinya College, Dripstone Rd, Nakara

9am Session Five

Welcome to Nungalinya College

Ben Van Geldren: Adjustments, Adaptations, and Awakenings: a brief histroy of

Yolnu 'bothways' contextualised Christianity.

10.30am Morning Tea

11am Session Six

Howard Amery: A First Gupapuynu Dictionary: the linguistic frontier

Bronwyn Shepherd: Conceptualising a mission space on Yolnu Lands

Louise Hamby & Lindy Allen: The Legacy of 50 Years of Collecting at Millingimbi

12.30pm Lunch

Saturday 26th August 2023 - Nungalinya College, Dripstone Rd, Nakara

1.30pm Session Seven

Tony Goodluck: The Overlap in 1960's Arnhem Land, through the eyes of a child

Lindsay Parkhill: Cross dedications in West Arnhem Land

Gwenda Baker and Gwen Warmbirrirr: Yolnu Christians and the First Covenants.

3pm Afternoon Tea

3.30pm Session Eight

Yolnu Story Telling, Song and Dance

5pm Evening Meal

Sunday 27th August 2023

9.30am Service at DMUC Celebrating 150 years of ministry.

Guest Preacher: Rev Sharon Hollis, President Uniting Church in Australia

TRUTH TELLING:

from Colonising to

Covenanting

registrations now by

email only

Conference Fee $260

Confrence bookings have now closed.

For last minute bookings please email

ucnhs2023conference@gmail.com

Online Conference Fee $80

If you can't make it to Darwin some sessions will be available online. A link will be sent in the week prior.

The Trybooking website is now closed, online bookings taken until 22nd August.

Please email ucnhs2023conference@gmail.com

For any enquiries, email us at ucnhs2023conference@gmail.com

Extend your stay and enjoy a unique Top End Holiday

Things to do in and around Darwin

Darwin Festival

Mindil Beach Sunset Markets

Sunsets into the ocean every night

Museum and Art Gallery NT

Tour Parliament House

Aviation Museum

Royal Flying Doctor Tourist Facility

Crocodylus Park

Crocosaurus Cove

Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery

Aquascene Fish Feeding

Darwin Military Museum

WWII Oil Storage Tunnels

Deckchair Outdoor Cinema

The Darwin History & Wartime Experience

Walk Darwin/Sea Darwin Tours

Sunset Cruises

Parap/Nightcliff/Rapid Creek Markets

Eat on the Wharf or in the Waterfront Precinct

Fishing

Botanic Gardens

Walk the Street Art

Things to do further afield...