The Meanjin Oration is the QUT key address to profile Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander excellence. As leaders in their field, the Meanjin Orators inspire, cultivate, and showcase research excellence by Indigenous people in Australia.
The Carumba Institute recognises Indigenous peoples and communities as powerful in their knowing. We pride ourselves on a strong tradition of critical Indigenous scholarship which is unwavering in its service and solidarity to the ongoing struggle of Indigenous sovereignty and survival.
2023 Meanjin Oration: Noel Pearson – 14 August 2023
The 2023 Meanjin Oration featured prominent Indigenous leader Noel Pearson speaking about the Referendum on a First Nations Voice to Parliament.
Noel is an Aboriginal activist, lawyer and academic, and founded the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership. He has been a driving force in the discourse on Indigenous rights in Australia for more than 30 years, and called the Voice debate the most important event in 250 years.
You can watch the 2023 Meanjin Oration by Noel Pearson and the interview with Dr Amy McQuire by clicking the video.
Interviewed by Dr Amy McQuire
During the oration, Noel Pearson was interviewed by Dr Amy McQuire, a Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist, writer and podcaster, and a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Communication at QUT.
