May 30, 2025
Walk for Truth – the journey so far
The Walk for Truth has gotten off to an incredible start and we thank the hundreds of people who have joined to walk with us in the first few days of Week 1.
May 14, 2025
A pivotal moment: the nation’s only truth telling commission nears its end
Yoorrook’s Chair, Professor Eleanor Bourke, reflected on the Commission’s legacy in an historic address to the Melbourne Press Club in May 2025.
Feb 14, 2025
1965 Freedom Ride
In the 1965 Freedom Ride from 12-26 February, Arrernte man Charles Perkins led a group of university students across NSW to shine a light on injustice towards First Peoples.
Jan 30, 2025
Passing of the Constitution
The passing of the Constitution enabled Australia’s six British colonies to become one nation, the Commonwealth of Australia, on 1 January 1901. The Constitution didn’t acknowledge the long history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in
Australia.
Dec 24, 2024
The Immigration Restriction Act
On 23 December 1901 the Immigration Restriction Act became law. The colonies had restrictive immigration laws before federation, but the Act formalised the idea of a ‘White Australia’ as national policy.
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Jun 6, 2025
Walk for Truth – the halfway mark
The Walk for Truth has reached Pomborneit, crossing the halfway point on the 450km-plus historic journey.
May 30, 2025
Walk for Truth – the journey so far
The Walk for Truth has gotten off to an incredible start and we thank the hundreds of people who have joined to walk with us in the first few days of Week 1.
May 14, 2025
A pivotal moment: the nation’s only truth telling commission nears its end
Yoorrook’s Chair, Professor Eleanor Bourke, reflected on the Commission’s legacy in an historic address to the Melbourne Press Club in May 2025.
Apr 23, 2025
Four Corners: Uncovering the truth about Victoria’s violent past
As Victoria’s formal truth-telling process nears its end, the ABC’s Four Corners program spent time filming with the Yoorrook Justice Commission, hearing from witnesses and examining how we move forward as a nation. The episode was titled, Truth / Yoorrook.
May 23, 2025
Walking for Truth: A 400km journey from Gunditjmara Country to Parliament for community and truth-telling
On a cold May Naarm morning, Travis Lovett is walking to work under a blue sky like thousands of others, beanie and gloves on, as Victoria’s fickle weather drops to freezing.
Apr 8, 2025
Melbourne’s Catholic churches worth $3.3 billion, Yoorrook truth-telling inquiry told
Estimates of the value of Victorian churches belonging to Catholic, Uniting and Anglican institutions have been revealed by the state’s truth-telling inquiry.
Church leaders have warned the figures, which were calculated using different methodologies, should be carefully interpreted.
Apr 7, 2025
Bridget Brennan on Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Commission
After starting as a cadet journalist, Bridget Brennan has been at the ABC for over 15 years, and is now a host of the National News Breakfast program.
Most recently, she was behind the ground-breaking Four Corners investigation into Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Commission as it uncovers Australia’s colonial past.
Apr 1, 2025
‘Shame, disgust, horror’: Kate Grenville faces her family history of stolen land in Australia – and asks us to feel it with her
How do Australians feel about knowing the territory we inhabit was violently stolen from First Nations people? In Unsettled, Kate Grenville explores this through her own feelings. “I’ve been circling this book for years,” she writes.
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Through Yoorrook, meaning ‘truth’ in Wamba Wamba language, over the past four years people across Victoria have shared their truths as evidence. Now we invite everyone to listen and learn from the truths Yoorrook has heard.
Yoorrook Justice Commission invites you to be part of the Walk for Truth from Portland to Parliament.
Shed light on and learn the “hidden truth” of the colonisation of Victoria.
Yoorrook heard how today’s housing crisis stems from colonisation. Darren Smith, from Aboriginal Housing Victoria, said “you can draw a line”. Learn more.
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June 5, 2025
Yoorrook congratulates Aunty Eleanor Bourke and fellow nominees for the National NAIDOC Female Elder of the Year Award
Yoorrook Justice Commission Chair Professor Eleanor Bourke AM has been nominated for the 2025 National NAIDOC Female Elder of the…
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June 5, 2025
Historic Walk for Truth to Parliament House passes halfway point
Truth-telling Deputy Chair and Commissioner Travis Lovett has reached a new milestone on his 25-day, Australian-first walk from Portland to…
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May 30, 2025
5,000 registrations: Yoorrook’s historic Walk for Truth reaches milestone
Thousands of Victorians have registered to join the historic Walk for Truth, led by truth-telling Commissioner Travis Lovett.…
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