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building on a century of 

cross cultural relationship

in the Kimberley 

Friday 9 August,

Saturday 10 August

Sunday 11 August, 2013

Venue:

All Saints Floreat Uniting Church

50 Berkeley Crescent

(corner of Kirkdale St)

Floreat WA 6014

Parking:

Street parking

or at rear of building

Saturday Lunchtea/cofee included

Registration Form

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Full Registration — $50.00

Student Registration - $40.00

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Creative Living Centre

Floreat Uniting Church,

50 Berkeley Crescent,Floreat WA 6014

Email: 

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CLC Floreat Uniting Church

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AIM OF THIS EVENT

 The Mowanjum community, incorporating Ngarinyin,

Worrorra and Wunambal language groups, recently

acknowledged the centennial o their relationship

with the Presbyterian and later Uniting Church.

As part o this commemoration you are invited to a

seminar exploring a range o key issues or Aboriginal

people and their communities and our relationship

with them. The day will include presentations on

the Mowanjum community and its history including

an opportunity to hear personally rom Mowanjum

Elders.

We have invited key speakers on the issues which

impact on Aboriginal communities in Australia,

including the modied preamble or the constitution,

 juvenile justice, education and the health andwellbeing o Aboriginal children.

A photographic display o Mowanjum, its history

and culture, will accompany the seminar.

PROGRAMFriday 9 August7.30 pm WELCOME TO COUNTRY

UC Congress. Music, SupperSaturday 10 August8.45 REGISTRATION9.00 Welcome9.15 Keynote Address: The Hon Fred Chaney

The signifcance o a modifed  preamble or the Constitution.

10.00 Morning tea10.30 Hon Peter Collier

Minister or Education andAboriginal Aairs

11.00 Paul BridgeEducational opportunities or 

 Aboriginal children.11.30 Eddie Bear and Rev Dr Robert Hoskin

The story o Mowanjum 12.00 Assoc Pro Dawn Bessarab

Holistic wellbeing o Aboriginal Children.12.30 Lunch1.30 Tammy Solinec

The value o a Justice Reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia.

2.00 Mowanjum community membersprovide insightsThe dream or the uture o children o the West Kimberley .

2.30 Rev Andrew Watts - Kunmunyaand Rev J R B LoveLessons or the uture.

3.00 Aternoon Tea3.30 Q & A Panel - All Speakers

Chairman Rev Dr Robert Hoskin4.00 Close:

Conversation, cheese and drinksSunday 11 August9.30 Mowanjum Celebratory Church Service

10.30 Morning tea

11.00 -12.00 Q & A with Mowanjum LeadersChairman Rev Dr Robert Hoskin

SPEAKERS

The Hon Fred Chaney, AO. Deputy President o 

the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT ), Minister

or Aboriginal Aairs in the Fraser Government

1978/80. Currently Board Chair o Central Desert

Native Title Services

Hon Peter Collier MLC Minister or Education;Aboriginal Aairs; Electoral Aairs in WA

parliament. Leader o the Government in the

Legislative Council.

Eddie Bear, Chairman o the Mowanjum

Aboriginal Community, and community Elder.

2013 winner the Horizon Power Leadership and

Innovation Award at the Regional Achievement

and Community Awards, WA.

Rev Dr Robert Hoskin D.Min, B.D (Hons), B.A, BVAD

is a retired minister o the Uniting Church, currentlyundertaking a PhD with the Australian Catholic

University exploring up-country collaboration with

Mowanjum amilies

Tammy Solinec Director o the National Congress

o Australia’s First Peoples, Member o the Law

Society o WA’s Aboriginal Lawyers Committee and

the National NAIDOC Committee

Rev Andrew Watts past Frontier Services Minister

o the Uniting Church in Derby. Currently doing a

PhD on Rev J R B Love’s infuence at the KunmunyaMission early last century.

Assoc Proessor Dawn Bessarab BSW(Hons),

PhD(Curtin). Senior Aboriginal Health Researcher

at Curtin University and on the Centre or

Research Excellence with Telethon Institute or

Child Health Research.

Paul Bridge, Principal, Derby District High School