Castan Centre symposium on Indigenous birth registration and birth certificates

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PDFCastan Centre symposium on Indigenous birth registration and birth certificates

13 January 2010Presentations now available from this symposium held in Melbourne on 1 December 2009.

Topics include:

Aunty Joy Murphy-Wandin
    		 Welcome to Country
Dr Paula Gerber

Opening remarks - The experience of Indigenous Victorians relating to birth registration and birth certificates

Symposium presentation -
The experience of Indigenous Victorians relating to birth registration and birth certificates
Articles -
Making Indigenous Australians' Disappear
Making Visible the Problem of Invisibility

Elaine Terrick
     
'Being Nobody' - A firsthand account of birth registration/certificate problems


Joel Orenstein
Solicitor
Difficulties faced by Victorian Aborigines in obtaining identification

Symposium presentation -
Being Nobody: Difficulties faced by Koori Victorians in obtaining ID
Article -
The difficulties faced by Aboriginal Victorians in obtaining identification

PLAN Australia
The international context - How are these problems being addressed in other countries

Symposium presentation -  Count Every Child 


Frank Guivarra
CEO, Victorian Aboriginal
Legal Service
Potential Legal Solutions

Symposium paper
     

Melissa Castan
Concluding remarks and discussion
Publication typeConference Paper
Publisher TypeAcademic research centre, APO Member
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/20057
Views2101

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