Yorta Yorta Dja Dja Wurrung, Lou Bennett is a former member of the internationally acclaimed music trio Tiddas (1990-2000) and one of the co-founders of the Black Arm Band (2005-2017). Lou uses her own languages of Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung, extending to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages that can be retrieved, reclaimed and regenerated through songs, stories and performances. Dr Bennett was inducted onto the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll for 2017 and in 2020 was awarded a Westpac Research Fellowship.