Dr Wayne Atkinson – Truth Justice
Dr Wayne Atkinson is a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung Elder and Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne. This submission provides an analysis of Dr Atkinson’s experience in his role as a former Commissioner with the Truth Justice Commission. It delves into his expectations of Yoorrook and includes sections on:
- Sovereignty never ceded
- Outcomes of the inquiry
- Impact of colonisation
- Aboriginal reserves
- Language recognition
- Community research into language
- Language and identity
- Attempts to eradicate language
- Unequivocal commitments of Self-Determination
- Reflections on Commissoner Role
- Claims of Aboriginality
- Immunity protection for government land and heritage laws
- and more...
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