Story of “Grand Experiment” recognised in new scholarship for Indigenous students

Published on Fri, 7/10/16 | News, Publications, Uncategorized

The book entitled “The Grand Experiment” follows the story of two Indigenous boys – Conaci and Dirimera – that were the first Indigenous people from Australia to travel to Italy in the 1800s. Since the publication of the book in 2007, there have been several moves towards reconciliation regarding this issue – the story was profiled in the Australian Museum and there was a National Apology to the Stolen Generations. Now, the Rome campus of the Australian Catholic University has established a scholarship for Indigenous Australians in honour of a teenage boy who died in the abbey attached to St Paul’s Basilica 163 years ago. See more in this article from Global Pulse: http://www.globalpulsemagazine.com/news/rome-scholarship-honors-memory-of-indigenous-australian-boy/3967
THE BOOK IS STILL AVAILABLE ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Grand-Experiment-Two-Boys-Cultures/dp/0734409206/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1475810290&sr=8-27&keywords=%22grand+experiment%22

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