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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Cultural Object created 2025-06-27 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2025-06-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007751b.htm culturalArtefact Kormilda Science Project AACR2 1992 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Education Earth Sciences The Kormilda Science Project (KSP), an initiative of Theo Read, began in 1992 and evolved into a two-way science education project that encompasses three Aboriginal Communities, their People and Culture, and their surrounding Country. The Communities are at Heywood in Gunditjmara Country, Walungurru in Pintupi Country and Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) in Kunwinjku Country.

The project has involved 84 people, collectively drawn from both the Community and the broader community. Within the Community, there were the Traditional Owner group, senior Elders, and non-Aboriginal support personnel, including administrators, linguists, and essential service personnel. From the outside, a range of science and technology experts from both the government and corporate spheres lent their time and expertise to specific parts of the work

Kormilda comes from an ancient Gaagadju (Kakadu) word, which translates as 'towards tomorrow'. The name also refers to Kormilda College, a multicultural residential secondary college located in Darwin, where the concept for this Science Project originated. In August 2017, the site was acquired by Haileybury, and Kormilda College was renamed Haileybury Rendall School.

 Australian First Nations 'Kormilda Science Project', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kormilda Science Project Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Gunditjmara Country: an Indigenous prespective on the earth sciences Read, Theo Watson; with the Gunditjmara Community Gunditjmara Country: an Indigenous prespective on the earth sciences Melbourne Book: Pintupi Country: An Indigenous perspective on the earth sciences Read, Theo Watson; Tjapaltjarri, Benny; Hansen, Ken; with the Walungurru Community Pintupi Country: An Indigenous perspective on the earth sciences Melbourne Book: Gunbalanya Country: an Indigenous perspective on the earth sciences Read, Theo Watson; Nayinggul, Jacob; Gumurdul, Donald; Bangalang, Tony; Manakju, Andrew; Etherington, Steve; Kuluburr, Peggy Mangngub; with the Gunbalanya Community Gunbalanya Country: an Indigenous perspective on the earth sciences Melbourne