Tasmanian Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: Tue 19 November 2013: Hobart, Tas
Annual EPOCH (End Physical Punishment of Children) oration
Guest Orator and Welcome to Country by
DEBRA HOCKING
Postgraduate Lecturer on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health at the University of Wollongong in NSW
Former Chair of the National Sorry Day Committee,
Chair and Founder of the Stolen Generations Alliance
Former Deputy Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation
Event details: http://www.taslawsociety.asn.au/news/EPOCH%20Tasmania.pdf
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