Rock art finds strengthen links to past

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Aboriginal rock art sites, some more than 4000 years old, have been discovered in Wollemi National Park, on Sydney’s doorstep, by a team of archaeologists, Aborigines and bushwalkers. In all, 48 sites were found in September by a group led by Griffith University rock art expert Professor Paul Tacon, who was on an expedition to […]

Online art exhibition features animal creativity

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Paintings, carvings and poetry by birds, apes, elephants and sea lions will feature in an online art exhibition at a Griffith University conference next month. A related digital art exhibit by humans will explore creativity from an animal perspective. Exhibition curators and School of Arts lecturers Professor Paul Tacon and Jason Nelson said while it […]

Protect children, don’t just demonise offenders

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Knee-jerk reactions to sexual abuse cases that come under the media spotlight are a poor basis for public policy according to a leading Australian criminologist. Associate Professor Stephen Smallbone from Griffith University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice said it was time people got over the need to demonise offenders and start thinking about how […]

Engaging in leisure time helps women beat the blues

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A pilot study by a Griffith University sociologist has found that women who engage in leisure time feel better about themselves and are more likely to beat depression. As we approach Mental Health Week (October 8-14), Dr Simone Fullagar said around one million people in Australia currently live with depression. “Depression is predicted to be […]