Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration

Romlie Mokak, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2025

Watch Romlie Mokak’s speech at the 18th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2025 on Honouring Lowitja: For the Love of Our People. 

Prof Tom Calma AO FAA FASSA FAHA, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2024

Watch Tom Calma’s speech at the 17th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2024 on Looking Back to Look Forward – Lessons From the Past to Influence Actions of the Future. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2023

Watch Anthony Albanese’s speech at the 16th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2023 on A Moment to Unite. 

The Hon Linda Burney MP, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2022

Watch Linda Burney’s speech at the 15th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2022 on The Way Forward – Informed by the Past.

Pat Anderson AO, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2021

Watch Pat Anderson’s speech at the 14th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2021 on Continuing the Story: Resolving the Issues that Won’t Go Away.

David Rathman AM PSM FIML, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2019

Watch David Rathman’s speech at the 13th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2019 on Storytelling: Culture, Truth-telling and the Arts.

Noel Pearson, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2018

Watch Noel Pearson’s speech at the 12th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2018 on The Uluru Statement from the Heart: One Year On.

Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2017

Watch Frank Brennan’s speech at the 11th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2017 on Aboriginal Land: Seeking a Place at the Table.

The Hon Rev Dr Lynn Arnold AO, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2016

Listen to Lynn Arnold’s speech at the 10th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2016 on Lingua Nullius: A Retrospect & Prospect about Australia’s First Languages.

Prof Marcia Langton AO, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2015

Watch Marcia Langton’s speech at the 9th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2015 on Freedom Songs: The Unfinished Business of the 1967 Referendum. 

Prof Patrick Dodson, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2014

Watch Patrick Dodson’s speech at the 8th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2014 on Rights, Recognition and Reconciliation. 

Olga Havnen, Speech, Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, 2013

Read Olga Havnen’s speech at the 7th Annual Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2013 on Healing the Fault Lines: Uniting Politicians, Bureaucrats and NGOs for Improved Outcomes in Aboriginal Health. 

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