Bangerang Cultural Centre

Yorta Yorta Language Class 121112

Yorta Yorta language program run at the Kaiela Institute Shepparton-

2018 Dungala Kaiela Oration - Dr Moana Jackson

Prominent Māori lawyer and social justice advocate Moana Jackson explores treaty, sovereignty and self-governance at the 10th annual Dungala Kaiela ‘Defining Goulburn Murray’ Oration on Yorta Yorta country in Shepparton on Tuesday, 24 July 2018.

Co-hosted by the Kaiela Institute and the University of Melbourne, the oration brings together Shepparton and the wider community to promote social and economic prosperity in the Goulburn Murray.

Dr Jackson’s lecture, At home on country, at home in the world, will explore the United Nations drafting of Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its desire to allow Indigenous people to determine their own destinies.

Dr Jackson is Director of Ngā Kaiwhakamārama i ngā Ture (the Maori Legal Service) and lecturer at Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Ōtaki.

“Yorta Yorta people, like all Indigenous peoples, deserve to not just be safe and secure at home in country, but to be confident and brave at home in the world,” Dr Jackson said.

“I’ve learned about some of the exciting initiatives that have begun in the Goulburn Murray, and in Australia, to make this possible. These indicate that the hopes shared by so many during the drafting of the UN Declaration can be made real with imagination and bravery.

“To do this, we must have a voice and a seat at the table when it comes to treaty discussions and sovereignty more broadly.”

More information on the Dungala Kaiela Oration can be found:

6:25 Paul Briggs, Co-convenor of the Dungala Kaiela Oration
20:04 Professor Glyn Davis AC, Co-convenor of the Dungala Kaiela Oration
26:39 Jill Gallagher A0, Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner
45:05 Dungala Children's Choir
1:08:33 Dr. Moana Jackson
1:56:39 Closing remarks by James Atkinson

Gary & Lee Saunders singing 'Cummeragundja'

Cummeragundja is about Our people's place there & our connection to Yorta Yorta Country & People...journey to 'The Flats' Mooroopna...(clans & family groups under Yorta Yorta Nation includes: Kaieltheban, Wollithiga, Moira, Ulupna, Bangerang, Kwat Kwat, Yalaba Yalaba & Ngurai-illiam-wurrung)