Centre for Media History Dr Tom Murray from the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship.

Tom was awarded the Future Fellowship to develop a documentary film in collaboration with Yolngu communities. The project aims change understandings of Australian pre-colonial isolation by demonstrating Indigenous Australia’s connection to South-East Asian cultural and trading networks.

Tom Murray is an academic and media producer who has worked in documentary production for over 20 years as a writer, director, and producer. His work has been selected for the world's most prestigious international film festivals, and won some of the highest accolades in the film and television industry. It is deeply interdisciplinary and is interested in the history of colonialism, Indigenous culture, screen and audio production, documentary media, environmental history, ethics and reciprocity, embodied and affective knowledge, creative scholarship, and inter-cultural storytelling.

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