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. These invite readers – not just academics but those interested in Australia’s colonial history – to read, listen, think, and, most of all, learn.