THE 2011 GRIFFITH LECTURE
6pm Fri 20 May / Auditorium 1 State Library at Ideas Festival
The 2011 Griffith Lecture will be presented
by Aboriginal Australian lawyer academic
land rights activist and founder of the Cape
York Institute for Policy and Leadership
Noel Pearson. Throughout his career
Noel has been strongly involved in
campaigning for the rights of Cape York
Aboriginal people and played a pivotal
role in the establishment of the Cape York
Land Council in 1990. Throughout the
past ten years Noel has been involved in
many key Indigenous issues including as
a member of the Indigenous Negotiating
Team during the drafting of the Native Title
Act in 1993. Noel joins a prestigious list of
presenters of this annual lecture established
by Griffith University in 2003. The Griffith
Lecture provides an opportunity to promote
community debate and conversation on
issues relevant to public policy or public life.
All Speaker Sessions are free but bookings are required.