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SYDNEY, Australia--The Australian bush is more than half a world away from the gates of Harvard Yard. For the continent's native Aborigine people, any education at all can be difficult to come by, much less an Ivy League one. But one Harvard graduate, herself an aborigine, is working...
Sykes' own experience as an aborigine atHarvard has encouraged her to pursue thefoundation. The first aborigine to graduate fromHarvard University, Sykes is not only a famousauthor but a fervent activist for aboriginerights.
Her lucky break came when an article appearedon the front page of the Sydney Morning Heralddetailing the efforts of a young woman to be thefirst aborigine to attend Harvard. The Australianpublic responded with enough phone calls offeringdonations that Sykes could pay her first year'stuition.
Several months later, the Harvard Club ofAustralia organized a large ceremony at SydneyUniversity to present Sykes her official degree.Although it was too difficult for an aborigine toreceive a high school diploma one decade earlier,Sykes defied the odds and graduated with a mastersand doctorate from Harvard University.
This evening kicks off "Imagining the Aborigine: Australian Movies Since the Second World War," a three-day film retrospective at the Harvard Film Archives. Curated by John Rickard, Harvard's visiting Professor of Australian Studies, the series features (among many others) Peter Weir's The Last Wave and Nicholas Roeg...