Truth-Telling is a monthly community gathering at which First Nations Elders, Historians, and Authors meet non-Indigenous Australians to voice their Stories and Histories, in their own words, on their Country.

Each session welcomes a guest speaker to share their story: their history, their culture, their lived experience, and the long work of memory and belonging. We listen together, and afterwards we share refreshments and yarn.

The gatherings are held at Mitchelton Library and are free and open to everyone. Truth-telling is the beginning of walking together with respect. All are welcome: to come, listen, learn -- and subsequently, to act for structural and constitutional change.

Next Session

Sunday 2 August 2026

Aunty Sharron mirii Bell

Wiradjuri Gamilaraay woman · Performer, educator, and founder of Indigenous Insights

Aunty Sharron will tell her own story: how she became who she is, and how she uses her role to advance her people. A journey of identity, culture and purpose, shared in her own words.

2.00 PM arrival for a 2.30 PM start, finishing 4.30 PM
Mitchelton Library, 37 Heliopolis Parade, Mitchelton
Free · All welcome · Refreshments and networking to follow

RSVP View the flyer (PDF)

Recent Speakers

5 July 2026

Dr Thom BlakeQueensland historian and author of A Dumping Ground: A History of the Cherbourg Settlement, on decades of research into Cherbourg and Queensland's history of reserves, removals, institutional control, survival and resistance. Read the flyer (PDF)

7 June 2026

Dr Noritta Morseu-DiopA First Nations woman from Tamwoy Town, Thursday Island, and the first Torres Strait Islander to graduate with a PhD from the University of Queensland. Author of Healing in Justice, on grief and loss counselling, rehabilitation, and advocacy for Indigenous health, human rights and social justice. Read the flyer (PDF)

3 May 2026

Uncle Michael WilliamsGooreng Gooreng man and former head of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland. A fully initiated man, on the careful, disciplined care and protection of living First Nations knowledges. Read the flyer (PDF)

1 March 2026

Aunty Sandra King and Gaja Kerry CharltonA discussion of the First Nations cultural heritage of Victoria Park Barrambin, one of Brisbane's most significant Indigenous sites, and the fight to save it at a critical moment. Read the flyer (PDF)

2 November 2025

Stephen MamCommunity development leader and Executive Director and Founder of the First Nations Action Network. State Campaign Coordinator for Yes23, on identity, place, and the relationships that bind community together. Read the flyer (PDF)

3 August 2025

Lesley SyngeBrisbane writer and author of Know Their Names: the Queensland government's Aboriginal workers and the system that exploited them, on the Aboriginal stockmen from Barambah-Cherbourg who staffed the Rewan police horse breeding station. Read the flyer (PDF)

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