Jarvis tells his story to the Yoorrook Justice Commission, Victoria’s formal truth telling process, as part of its investigation into past and ongoing systemic injustice within the state’s education system.
Social Justice Hearings, 4 June | Afternoon Session
Commissioners heard from Lionel Bamblett, Mark Rose and Aunty Geraldine Atkinson representing the Victorian Aboriginal Association Inc.
Social Justice Hearings, 4 June | Morning Session
Commissioners heard from Michael Graham, Gavin Brown, Alan Brown and Darren Lovett representing the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service.
The difficulty of confronting the compounding injustices First Peoples’ face and their resilience
Watch Rueben Berg, Co-chair of First Peoples Assembly Victoria explain the difficulty of confronting the compounding injustices First Peoples’ face and their resilience.
“We have been removed from being able to play on this monopoly board and other people have come and taken it over”
Watch Rueben Berg, Co-Chair of First Peoples’ Assembly illustrate the challenges First Peoples face in creating inter-generational wealth at yesterday’s Yoorrook Social Justice Hearings.
Professor Ray Lovett shares powerful truth
From birth, to childhood to parenting, watch Professor Ray Lovett share the powerful truth about the impact racism and structural failings have had on generations of First Peoples.
Jill Gallagher on the historical exclusion from healthcare
“For generations, Aboriginal individuals were subject to a system of healthcare marked by colonial control.”