Bathurst residents will have the opportunity to hear from, and view some of the work of, Mr Mervyn Bishop, the celebrated photographer and Indigenous photojournalist, when he speaks at the Ponton Theatre at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Thursday 6 May. Dr Jane Mills, Associate Professor of Communication in the School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst, said, “Mervyn Bishop is an outstanding photographer who has chronicled the life and times of the nation since he joined the Sydney Morning Herald as its first Indigenous cadet photographer in 1962. He also worked for the then-Department of Aboriginal Affairs from 1974-80 and took the famous photo of then-Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pouring soil into the hands of traditional owner Vincent Lingiari in 1975, which symbolically marked the start of Indigenous land rights in Australia. His photos have been featured in numerous exhibitions. We are extremely fortunate to have Mervyn come to Bathurst to speak to Charles Sturt University students and graduates this week.”