Sandy Toussaint

Sandy Toussaint is a professor of anthropology, author, and curator. She has worked with Aboriginal families and communities for many years, including for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and the WA Aboriginal Land Inquiry. The author and/or editor of six books and many articles and chapters, Sandy is Senior Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia, and Notre Dame University’s Nulungu Research Institute.

Sandy Toussaint reviews 'Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A history of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne, Volume 1: Truth' edited by Ross L. Jones et al

January–February 2025, no. 472 • 23 December 2024

Across more than five hundred pages and written by thirty-three contributors, Dhoombak Goobgoowana contains stories about the University of Melbourne’s relationship with Indigenous Australians. Similarly powerful narratives about Australia’s broader colonial history are interwoven. Jim Berg’s eloquent opening ‘Memoir’ is counterbalanced by Vice-Chancellor Duncan Maskell’s Foreword. The ... (read more)