During a lunch time speech to Monash University students made in the early 2000s, the renowned Aboriginal activist and scholar Gary Foley told his audience that today Monash is a good university but in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s it was a great one. Making a Difference: Fifty Years of Indigenous Programs at Monash University, 1964–2014 would seem to confirm his candid assessment in respect to Monash University engagements with Aboriginal peoples and their communities. Commissioned by Monash University to document the story of Indigenous programs over a five-decade period, author Rani Kerin constructs an account of the past that is primarily focused on the personalities, achievements, agendas, and reflective insights of the leaders who shaped the university's teaching, research, and support engagements with Indigenous peoples. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, this approach has allowed Kerin to document the achievements made by successive program directors in much detail....
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