2023 Dungala Kaiela Oration
The Dungala Kaiela Oration is co-hosted annually by the Kaiela Institute and the University of Melbourne. This major event challenges and inspires the creation of a shared cultural identity and the building of an inclusive vision of nationhood and prosperity of the Yorta Yorta and other First Nations peoples.
The 15th Dungala Kaiela Oration was presented by renowned constitutional lawyer and public law expert Professor Megan Davis, Pro Vice-Chancellor Society (PVCS) at UNSW Sydney. Professor Davis is also the Balnaves Chair of Constitutional Law, a UNSW Scientia Professor, a Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law Centre UNSW Law.
Program
Master of Ceremonies
Dr Raylene Nixon
Welcome and Smoking Ceremony
Uncle Colin Walker, Senior Yorta Yorta Elder
Dixon Patten, Yorta Yorta
Belinda Briggs, Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba
Opening Remarks
Paul Briggs OAM, Executive Director, Kaiela Institute
Professor Duncan Maskell, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
Performance
Dhungala Children's Choir
Keynote Address
Professor Megan Davis
Closing remarks
Alister Thorpe