CSU has extended its commitment to Indigenous curriculum and teaching by establishing four new Indigenous Academic Fellowships.

The High Court's historic decision on the landmark Mabo case on the 3 June 1992 overturned the principle of terra nullius, setting in motion legislative change and fierce public debate over land rights. CSU experts reflect on what's changed in the past 20 years.

A critical point in relations between Indigenous people and the legal system is how CSU senior lecturer in law, Dr Bede Harris describes the 1992 High Court decision in Mabo v Queensland (No 2).

The Mabo decision 20 years ago raised the political profile of Indigenous affairs, helping to put reconciliation on the national political agenda, according CSU academic Dr Dominic O’Sullivan.

CSU Koori academic and Wiradjuri elder, Yalmambirra believes that 20 years on from the High Court's Mabo decision, nothing has changed for his people.

In an innovative program for Indigenous people, three central NSW communities have secured the services of future speech pathologists from CSU to assist young local school students.

Although Indigenous people presently manage around 20 per cent of the Australian continent, one CSU academic believes there is an opportunity to do more.

The new head of a unique program at CSU to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health workforce has ticked more than a few boxes in 2011.

Exploring the experiences of how Aboriginal children in urban areas move into school are the focus of a major research project that includes two senior education researchers at CSU.