UNE is hosting our Graduation Ceremonies on campus in Armidale once again.

Oorala provides a personalised sash to all Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander graduates in a special ceremony at the Oorala Aboriginal Centre. The sash forms part of your academic dress for your graduation ceremony and is small gift from us to you.


Graduate Information


Graduation and Sashing Ceremony

For those attending the on campus Graduation Ceremonies, Oorala invites you to attend our Sashing Ceremony to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students’ academic achievements alongside other Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students and your families.

Oorala Staff will be on hand to assist and direct you on where you need to be.

Are you attending the Graduation Ceremony? *
Would you like to borrow a gown? * Oorala has a limited number of academic gowns for loan, let us know if you would you like to have one allocated to you for the ceremony? The gown is only one piece of your academic dress and you will need to purchase the other items. See Academic Dress for more information.
Will you be attending the Sashing Ceremony held at Oorala? * The Sashing Ceremony is held only once daily in the Oorala Lecture Theatre.
We invite you to bring your family along to help celebrate this special occasion with you. You can invite up to 10 guests.
Will you be attending the UNE Graduation lunch after/before the Graduation Ceremony? * Oorala will be able to provide all graduates with complimentary tickets. Please call Oorala on 1800 622 384 to discuss this further.
Would you like your Indigenous Sash to be mailed out to you? *

Please provide your address details

We need to confirm we have your correct address in our files.


Your Individualised Graduation Sash

What type of sash would you prefer? *

Share your story

Graduation is such a great milestone in life and we would love to hear about your experience and to share your story as a way of acknowledging you and your achievement at this time.

Could you to tell us about yourself and your study journey in order to give us and others an insight into what this milestone means to you?

I agree to my story being shared by UNE / Oorala as a media story *
I agree to my story being shared by UNE / Oorala on facebook *
File must be Word Document or PDF file format and no larger than 2MB.

File must be JPG or PNG file format and no larger than 2MB.