Castan Centre Symposium on Indigenous Birth Registration and Birth Certificates

Program

Aunty Joy Murphy-Wandin	Welcome to Country
Dr Paula Gerber	Opening remarks - The experience of Indigenous Victorians relating to birth registration and birth certificates Symposium presentation - The experience of Indigenous Victorians relating to birth registration and birth certificates Articles - Making Indigenous Australians' Disappear Making Visible the Problem of Invisibility
Elaine Terrick	'Being Nobody' - A firsthand account of birth registration/certificate problems
Joel Orenstein Solicitor	Difficulties faced by Victorian Aborigines in obtaining identification Symposium presentation - Being Nobody: Difficulties faced by Koori Victorians in obtaining ID Article - The difficulties faced by Aboriginal Victorians in obtaining identification
PLAN Australia	The international context - How are these problems being addressed in other countries Symposium presentation - Count Every Child
Frank Guivarra CEO, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service	Potential Legal Solutions Symposium paper
Melissa Castan	Concluding remarks and discussion