UNE Oorala Student Story: Colin Ahoy Jnr – A passion for his culture and Archaeology

In 2018, during a heritage survey for a proposed Solar farm near Uralla, a team including Colin Ahoy Jnr rediscovered a major Aboriginal axe-grinding site. Colin says, ‘I feel like we need more Aboriginal people working on Country and have the confidence and power to make decisions regarding culturally significant sites.’ Colin completed the TRACKS tertiary preparation program run by the Oorala Aboriginal Centre at UNE and is now studying a Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Archaeology.

UNE student and Ainawan man Colin Ahoy with some of the ground stone axes found in New England.
Story contributed by Oorala staff from University of New England – Oorala Aboriginal Centre. Published in 2020.