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2021 AIATSIS Summit presentations

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Return of Native Title Materials, Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal Corporation and Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation

Last updated: 08 September 2021

2021 AIATSIS Summit presentations

Keynote - Craig Ritchie

Keynote - The Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP

Repatriation – its context and importance, Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker

Consequences? Dr Michael Pickering

Repatriation and Return VI: Challenges, Opportunities, Futures. Shaun Angeles

Return of Native Title Materials, Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal Corporation and Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation