Presentation Title
“The Kimberley – A Story of Cultural Renaissance: Political Awakening and Economic Self-determination”
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Presentation Type
Presentation
Location
The University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome Campus
Graduation Square
Start Date
10-8-2023 5:30 PM
Description
Professor Peter Yu explores the Kimberley region’s story from crumbling colonialism in the 1970s to its national political leadership over the recognition of First Nations rights in Australian law. His own journey incorporating pivotal roles - museum heritage recorder, government welfare officer, Kimberley Land Council field officer and CEO and eventually Yawuru agreement making and corporate leadership – provides a personal story board for a region that has undergone extraordinary transformation. With growing national reckoning concerning Australia’s relationship with First Nations people the Lecture examines the potential for the Kimberley to draw on its traditions of resisting colonial authority and asserting inherent rights to forge a decolonised relationship with the Australian nation state.
It paints a picture of traditional owners building a reliable, prosperous and sustainable regional economy through self-determination.
Recommended Citation
Yu, Peter, "“The Kimberley – A Story of Cultural Renaissance: Political Awakening and Economic Self-determination”" (2023). Nulungu Reconciliation Lecture. 1.
https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/nulungu_reconciliationlecture/2023/2023/1
“The Kimberley – A Story of Cultural Renaissance: Political Awakening and Economic Self-determination”
The University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome Campus
Graduation Square
Professor Peter Yu explores the Kimberley region’s story from crumbling colonialism in the 1970s to its national political leadership over the recognition of First Nations rights in Australian law. His own journey incorporating pivotal roles - museum heritage recorder, government welfare officer, Kimberley Land Council field officer and CEO and eventually Yawuru agreement making and corporate leadership – provides a personal story board for a region that has undergone extraordinary transformation. With growing national reckoning concerning Australia’s relationship with First Nations people the Lecture examines the potential for the Kimberley to draw on its traditions of resisting colonial authority and asserting inherent rights to forge a decolonised relationship with the Australian nation state.
It paints a picture of traditional owners building a reliable, prosperous and sustainable regional economy through self-determination.
Comments
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