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Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration

2010 Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration

Walking Together on the Journey of Healing

The 2010 Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration was delivered in June by notable public figure, Mr Ray Martin AM. An eloquent and truly inspiring journalist and orator, Ray brought a unique and challenging perspective to the journey of healing on indigenous issues in Australia, providing hard facts and anecdotes to motivate us all to be individually committed to real change.

Ray Martin began his distinguished career as a journalist with the ABC in 1965. He is a former presenter of A Current Affair on Nine and Chairman of the Fred Hollows Foundation. Ray is deeply involved in charities concerned with Aboriginal disadvantage and is in this third term as a Community Member on the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.

Download a copy of Ray Martin's Oration

An audio recording of the Oration will be available shortly.

2009 LOWITJA O'DONOGHUE ORATION

Dr Jackie Huggins AM, Aboriginal Activist and Deputy Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queenland, and Mr Fred Chaney AO, Former Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, 1978-80 presented the 2009 Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration on Thursday 28 May 2009.  These two vibrant and eloquent speakers inspired us, together, with the topic 'Bringing black and white Australians together'.

To download a copy of Jackie Huggin's transcript click here

To download a copy of Fred Chaney's transcript click here

The inaugural Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration was held in 2007.                           
                            
                                          

Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration with Tim Costello - 28 May 2008

Rev Tim Costello, CEO World Vision Australia presented the 2008 Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration "The Journey is Healing: How we go forward after 'sorry'" on Wednesday 28 May 2008.

To download a copy of the Tim Costello's transcript click here

To view the report in the The Australian 29 May 2008 on Tim Costello's delivery of the Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration go to http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23775638-5006787,00.html

Inaugural Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration

Thank you to all who contributed to the success of the inaugural Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration held on Tuesday 29 May 2007 at the Bonython Hall at the University of Adelaide.

To view other media articles relating to Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue and aboriginal issues, click on the links below:

'INDIGENOUS leader Lowitja O'Donoghue last night called on churches to play a bigger role in reconciliation with the Stolen Generations'......The Advertiser 28 May 2008  http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23770894-2682,00.html 
'Challenge to churches and next generation from Lowitja O'Donoghue'... The Australian 28 May 2008 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23770448-2702,00.html

For more information please visit The 2008 Oration

Inaugural Lowitja O'Donoghue DVD now available for sale.

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