INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA
Rights, Recognition & Reconciliation
July 4, 2015
NF37 Speakers: Dr Jackie Huggins, Nicole Watson, Jane Powles & Peter Shine
Speakers
Dr Jackie Huggins AM
- Indigenous Aust. author, historian & Aboriginal rights activist for QLD’s Bidjara & BirraGubba peoples.
- Former Co-Chair of Reconciliation Australia. | Former Chair of the QLD Domestic Violence Council.
- Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, ANU. | Member of the Order of Australia.
Nicole Watson
- Solicitor at the Supreme Court of Queensland. Worked for the National Native Title Tribunal.
- Member of the Birri-Gubba People of the Yugambeh language group.
- Former Editor of the Indigenous Law Bulletin. Author of UQP award winning ‘The Boundary‘.
Jane Powles
- National Campaign Manager for ANTaR, supporting Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander’s rights.
- Extensive experience in advocacy, management & campaigns in the social justice sector.
- Previously worked for Oxfam’s Indigenous Rights Advocacy Unit.
Peter Shine
- Director of Aboriginal Health Northern Sydney Local Health District, HSLHD,
- Author of NSLHD Aboriginal Health Services Plan 2013 – 2016.
- Clinical Assoc. Professor, Australian Catholic University. | Gomeroi man from north-western NSW.
