Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts
and Cultural Development
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Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development
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About the Wilin Centre
The Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to identify, recruit and support potential and practicing Indigenous artists to study and refine their academic and artistic skills at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne.
Situated at the heart of the Melbourne Arts Precinct, the Wilin Centre fosters innovation in the research, development, advocacy and presentation of Indigenous arts and cultural practice.
In 2022, we celebrated 20 years of the Wilin Centre and its work connecting Indigenous visual, design and performing artists with a pathway to their future in the arts.
What we do
Community engagement
We work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to empower voice through art.
Supporting Indigenous students
We support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who are interested in studying Fine Arts and Music.
Research Unit for Indigenous Arts and Cultures (RUIAC)
We work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to empower voice through art.
Graduate study
Indigenous Arts and Culture is available as part of the Master of Fine Arts, a degree which offers the opportunity to contribute to understandings of contemporary artistic practice and theories of arts and culture.
Indigenous breadth study
Indigenous breadth subjects include Ancient and Contemporary Indigenous Arts, where the Wilin takes University of Melbourne students out on Country.
Professional training
The Wilin Online Cultural Literacies series centres Indigenous approaches to learning and creating.
Explore micro-credentials
Learn more about our Indigenous Arts and Culture courses
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Our Staff
Tiriki Onus
Head of Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development
Tiriki Onus is a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung artist, performer, filmmaker and academic who, through the grace and generosity of local elders and community, continues to practice his art and culture on the lands of the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri peoples. As the head of the Wilin Centre and the faculty’s Associate Dean (Indigenous), Tiriki continues his passion for reclaiming and repatriating artistic practices back to country; as well as opening doors for others to engage with and celebrate the extraordinary stories of ingenuity and strength which have been fostered within our communities for thousands of generations.
Jodie Seiuli
Wilin Centre Coordinator
Jodie Seiuli (she/her) is a Kaurna and Narrunga artist and maker, living and working in Boonwurrung Country. Along with being the Wilin Centre Coordinator, Jodie also helps deliver our on-Country Breadth Subjects, teaching students her knowledge of making Emu feathered dance belts & jewellery production. For many years Jodie has been committed to the revival and sharing of traditional artistic and cultural practices with both local and interstate Indigenous community members. Today, Jodie continues to make Art in a variety of different mediums such as creative canvas pieces, painting, jewellery making and of course the ongoing production of Emu dance belts.
Michael Julian
Tutor in Indigenous Arts and Culture
Michael (he/him) is a proud Koori of the greater Kulin, musician, educator and alumni of Wilin. He is a part of the Wilin academic team and co-coordinates the online breadth subjects and content development. Since 2018, Michael has worked in Wilin academic programs, partnerships, outreach and events and is honoured to work alongside First Nations artists, arts organisations, festivals and communities. Michael specialises in music performance and instrumental education and holds a Masters of Music (Performance Teaching). He is passionate about collaborating with First Nations artists to amplify the diversity of First Nations voice across multiple platforms and communities.
Narida Yeatman-Morgan
Schools and Community Liaison Officer
Narida Yeatman-Morgan (she/her) is the Schools and Community Liaison Officer at the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development. A proud Yorta Yorta woman, Narida’s expertise in community outreach fosters healthy student engagement and trust via positive community relationships. Narida is passionate about supporting and empowering prospective and current Indigenous students in pursuit of their artistic practise at the Faculty. Narida realises her passion by promoting pathways and opportunities which support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students throughout their application, admission and induction. Narida’s drive to deliver an engaging student life experience at the University gives students a sense of belonging and enables them to establish connection with peers and the University at large within a culturally safe and inclusive community.
Dr Sally Treloyn
Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology and Intercultural Research
Dr Sally Treloyn (PhD Ethnomusicology, USYD) is an ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology and Intercultural Research in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. As Co-Director of the Research Unit for Indigenous Arts and Cultures at the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development, Sally plays a strategic role in the Indigenous research and research training agenda of the Faculty. Sally serves on the University's Education, Fine Arts Music and Business Human Ethics Sub-Committee, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music Inclusion and Diversity Committee, is a member of the Wilin Executive Committee, and is Graduate Convenor of Wilin's Masters and PhD programs. Sally's ARC Future Fellowship 'Singing the future: Assessing the effectiveness of repatriation for the vitality of Indigenous song' investigates the interplay of legacy recordings and cultural dynamics, particularly the role of database and content management systems in music sustainability. Sally is a non-Indigenous researcher of Indigenous Australian cultural heritage and practices. Her practice and scholarship involves troubling the assumptions of intercultural research in settler state contexts.
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Contact us
Address : 234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, Vic 3006
Phone : +61 3 9035 9327
Email : wilin-centre@unimelb.edu.au
The Wilin Centre respectfully acknowledges the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nations, their ancestors and elders, who are part of the longest continuing culture in the world.
Wilin is a Boonwurrung word meaning fire or flame.