Keynote speakers

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Keynote speakers

Confirmed keynote speakers included in the conference program on Thursday and Friday include:

Dinawan Dyirribang Uncle Bill Allen

Bathurst-based Wiradyuri Elder and Traditional Owner; Direct Descendant of Wiinymaldhaany (Wiindhuraydhine, Windradyne, Fire-maker); Elder-in-Residence, Charles Sturt University.

Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr-Smith

Bathurst-based Wiradyuri Elder and Traditional Owner; Elder-in-Residence and Scholarly Teaching Fellow, School of Psychology, Charles Sturt University.

Yanhadarrambal Uncle Jade Flynn

Bathurst-based Wiradyuri Elder; Elder-in-Residence and Gulaay staff member, Charles Sturt University.

Lynda-June Coe

Lynda-June Coe is a proud Wiradjuri and Torres Strait Islander woman, activist, academic and PhD candidate (Macquarie University).

Professor Marcia Langton AO

Professor Marcia Langton AO is an anthropologist and geographer, and since 2000 has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne.

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The meeting is planned to be much more than an academic conference and wants to reach out to artists, dancers, storytellers, military lawyers and legal historians, interdisciplinary academics, research students, and more.

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