Kummargii Yulendji is an annual symposium co-convened by Informit and CAVAL, that focuses on how we describe, apply, and amplify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academic publications.
Kummargii Yulendji Symposium 2025 was held at RMIT’s Storey Hall in Melbourne/Naarm on Tuesday 9 September as part of Social Sciences Week.
Kummargii Yulendji means ‘Knowledge is Rising’, and was named by Boon wurrung Elder N’arwee’t Professor Carolyn Briggs.
Previous Events
2025: Program | Symposium recap
2024: Program | Symposium recap
2023: Program | Symposium recap
About Informit
Informit, owned and operated by RMIT University, is Australia’s largest digital research database focused on the humanities and social sciences, housing a significant collection of authoritative Australasian content. For over 30 years, Informit has partnered with publishers and libraries, becoming an essential resource for research, scholarly, and library communities. With a mission to foster diversity in publishing and promote critical thinking, Informit is dedicated to empowering researchers and learners with the knowledge and tools to explore the crucial issues affecting us all.
About CAVAL
Established in 1978, CAVAL is a consortium owned by some of the most prestigious Australian Universities. CAVAL’s mission is to help Australian libraries and add value to the teaching learning environment. CAVAL provides a range of professional support activities for member libraries including a facilitated mentoring program, a collaborative network of interest groups plus tailor-made events.
Our vision
The need for Kummargii Yulendji Symposium arose from a recognition that the academic publication space has expanded in exciting Indigenous-led ways since current indexing systems and terminology were implemented. Many organisations within the sector are starting to address these inadequacies but may not yet be pooling insights from these endeavours. Kummargii Yulendji Symposium aims to bring industry and academic leaders together to present current projects in this space on a yearly basis, to discuss the ways we describe and organise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academic outputs, and approaches to decolonise these systems.
Our commitment
Kummargii Yulendji Symposium highlights the important work that is already happening and provides the opportunity to collaborate as a collective into the future. This Symposium is an important first step to describe, apply, and amplify Indigenous outputs and achievements. We believe this is only the beginning of more things to come and we’re excited to bring experts, presenters and delegates together to contribute to these first steps on the path forward.
Convening Team
- Malcolm Neil Director, Informit
- Jaime McCowan CEO, CAVAL
- Dr Gretel Taylor Research Consultant and Curator
- Sae Ra Germaine Deputy CEO, CAVAL
- Laki Sideris Head of Product, Informit
- Liam Ryan Head of Platform, Informit
- Sara Davidsson Member Services & Governance Lead, CAVAL
- Olivia Triglavcanin Marketing Coordinator, Informit
- Kate Moschetti Product Manager (Informit Partner)
- Eleanor Franks Reconciliation Adviser, Design and Social Context, RMIT