Explore UQ’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage in an engaging and interactive way this National Reconciliation Week (NRW) for your chance to win great prizes! Terms and conditions apply.
Based on the UQ Library publication UQ Has a Blak History, this activation invites UQ students to locate significant reconciliation-related sites at St Lucia campus, reflect on their cultural importance, and share their journey via social media.
How to participate
The competition is open to UQ students from 12pm on Tuesday 27 May until 11:59pm on Tuesday 3 June 2025.
- Visit any 2 of the 6 featured locations across the St Lucia campus (see clues below).
- Take a selfie at both of the sites you visit. Ensure the background is clear, so we can tell where you are!
- Make an Instagram post that includes both of your photos. In the caption, tag us @uniofqldlibrary and include the #UQBLAKhistory25 hashtag. Make sure your page is not private so we can see the photos.
Featured locations with clues!
- Power in Protest – find the bold mural that says “White Australia Has a Black History." on the exterior of Student Support Services. It still bears signs of protest and resilience.
- Faces in Stone – look for the carved frieze of an Aboriginal man at the outer entrances of Forgan Smith Building (East) e.g. the Law & Arts Building.
- Storytelling in Sandstone – outside Wordsmiths Café, this sandstone seat sculpture honours Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poetry and family.
- Invocations from the River – these rock carvings were relocated from the Burnett River and now live near the Anthropology Museum.
- Legacy in Relief – seek out two sandstone Haut-relief faces in the corner of Great Court – one based on a Jinibara knowledge-holder, the other on a photograph of an Aboriginal Woman.
- Bonus Site – visit the Level 1 display in Duhig Tower for UQ Library’s curated Reconciliation and NAIDOC showcase.
Hints and cultural context can be found in UQ Has a Blak History. Explore the library’s curated Indigenous collections display to deepen your understanding of reconciliation, identity, and representation or look up Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections on the Library website.
About the lucky draw
The prize pool includes:
- A major prize of a Garmin Venu Sq Smartwatch, National Reconciliation Week T-shirt and a UQ-branded gift bag.
- 9 runner-up prizes of 1 National Reconciliation Week T-shirt and a UQ-branded gift bag each.
Winners will be contacted via Instagram for prize collection. Student verification will be required. Prizes must be collected during the designated period, and uncollected prizes will be redrawn. See the Terms and Conditions (below) for further information.
About the book: UQ Has a Blak History
UQ Has a Blak History shares key stories, artworks, and places connected to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories at UQ. Through this activation, we bring those stories to life, encouraging exploration, critical reflection, and reconciliation through place-based learning.
This initiative is proudly supported by UQ Library and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Services Team.
Terms and Conditions (Games of Chance)
- By entering this promotion, you accept these Terms and Conditions.
- Instructions and information on how to enter this promotion form part of these Terms and Conditions.
- The promoter is The University of Queensland (ABN 63 942 912 684) of St Lucia, Queensland, 4072 (“Promoter”).
Eligible entrants
- To be eligible to enter this promotion, you must:
(a) be a Queensland resident over the age of 18 years;
(b) be a current UQ student.
How to enter
- Entry will be open from 12:00 AEST on 27/05/2025 and closes at 23:59 AEST on 03/06/2025 (“Entry Period”). Entries received outside of the Entry Period will not be accepted.
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To enter, you must, during the Entry Period:
(a) visit any 2 of the 6 featured locations across the St Lucia campus;
(b) take a photo of yourself (a selfie) at both of the sites. The background of the photo must clearly identify the location;
(c) publish an Instagram post with both photos. In the caption tag @uniofqldlibrary and include the #UQBLAKhistory25 hashtag;
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You will receive one entry into the promotion by performing the activities listed in clause 6. You may not enter the promotion more than once.
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All entries become the property of the Promoter.
Prize draw -
The prize draw will take place at 10:00 AEST on 04/06/2025 at the Library, St Lucia campus:
(a) The first valid entry drawn will receive the major prize.
(b) The next 9 valid entries drawn will each receive a runner-up prize. -
The Promoter may decline to accept any entry which, in its reasonable opinion, does not comply with these Terms and Conditions.
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The Promoter’s decision in relation to any aspect of the promotion is final and the Promoter will not enter into any correspondence regarding the result of the promotion.
Prizes and notification of winners -
The winners will receive:
(a) Major prize winner - a Garmin Smartwatch, National Reconciliation Week T-Shirt and a UQ-branded gift bag.
(b) The 9 runner-up winners - a National Reconciliation Week T-Shirt and UQ UQ-branded gift bag. -
Prizes are not transferable and cannot be taken as cash.
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The winner will be contacted by direct message to their Instagram account from @uniofqldlibrary on or by 13/06/2025. The results will not be published.
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To claim the prize, the winner must present their student ID card to the Office of the University Librarian, Level 6, Duhig Tower (Building 2), St Lucia campus.The prize must be claimed by 12/9/2025.
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The Promoter will use reasonable efforts to locate the winner. If the Promoter is unable to locate the winner within 3 months after the draw, the prize will be redrawn.
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The second chance draw will be held on 17/9/25 at the same time and place as the initial draw in order to distribute any unclaimed prizes. The winner of the second chance draw will be contacted by direct message on their Instagram account from @uniofqldlibrary on or by 26/9/2025.
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The prize will be delivered to the winner by collection within 14 days after the prize being claimed.
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If any prize becomes unavailable for any reason, the Promoter may substitute a prize of equal or greater value.
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The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any tax implications that may arise for any prize.
Intellectual property -
You confirm and promise that your entry is original and does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.
You agree that the Promoter has an unrestricted, irrevocable, transferable, right and licence to use and modify your entry including for promotional purposes without the payment of any further fee or compensation or further reference to you, and that the Promoter can authorise other people to do any of these things.
If requested by the Promoter, you agree to sign any further documentation required by the Promoter to give effect to this arrangement.
To the extent permitted by law, you unconditionally and irrevocably consent to the Promoter modifying your entry as described in this clause, agree that the Promoter is not required to attribute you as author of the entry, and consent to any other act or omission that would otherwise infringe any moral rights in your entry.
Withdrawal from promotion -
You may withdraw from the promotion at any time before notification of the winners by notifying the Promoter on 07 3365 6551. If you withdraw from the promotion, the Promoter will remove your entry and will not use your details or entry for media or promotional purposes. If you withdraw from the promotion, you will no longer be eligible to win a prize.
Miscellaneous -
Entries which, in the opinion of the Promoter, are incomplete, incorrect or incomprehensible, contain defamatory or offensive content or infringe intellectual property rights are not eligible to win and may be removed from the promotion and the relevant entrant will be disqualified.
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The Promoter may, in its absolute discretion, disqualify you if, in the opinion of the Promoter, you breach these Terms and Conditions, engage in dishonest or unethical conduct in relation to the promotion, manipulate, tamper or interfere with the conduct of the promotion, do not comply with the entry process, or conspire with others to gain an unfair advantage. The Promoter may investigate the matter if it suspects you of having engaged in such breach or conduct.
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The Promoter may request information from you relevant to entry or participation in the promotion, such as proof of residency or age. The Promoter may, in its absolute discretion, disqualify you if you provide insufficient information, false information or fail to provide information.
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The Promoter is not responsible for late, lost or misdirected entries.
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The Promoter is not responsible for any delays, problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer systems, computer equipment or software, technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to your or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from entering this promotion. If such problems arise, then the Promoter may modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the promotion.
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To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter is not liable for any loss, damage or injury whatsoever (including, but not limited to, indirect or consequential loss) resulting from this promotion, including the taking of prizes.
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If, for any reason, this promotion is not capable of running as planned, including war, terrorism, state of emergency or disaster, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this promotion, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion.
- All costs associated with entering the promotion are your responsibility.
- You acknowledge that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram or any other social media platform.
- You acknowledge that any information that you provide in connection with this promotion is provided to the Promoter and not to Instagram or other social media platform.
- You must release Instagram and other social media platforms and their associated companies from all liability arising in respect of the promotion.
- You understand and agree that the Promoter may collect personal information from you when you enter the promotion, and use it for the purpose of running the promotion (which may include disclosure to third parties for the purpose of processing and conducting the promotion), for promotional purposes surrounding this promotion, as well as other purposes, as set out in the Promoter’s Privacy Policy (located at https://policies.uq.edu.au/document/view-current.php?id=4). For further information on how the Promoter deals with your personal information, please refer to the Promoter’s Privacy Policy.
