Honourable W.C Wentworth

Organised by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Wentworth Lectures are held biennially in honour of the Honourable W.C. Wentworth AO.  In 1959 Mr Wentworth argued for a comprehensive effort by the Australian Government to record the culture of Australian Indigenous peoples.  As a result of Mr Wentworth's political skills, the Institute was established by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Act in 1964, with an interim Council set up in 1961.

The Wentworth Lectures were established in 1978 to pay tribute to Mr Wentworth's contribution to Indigenous studies in Australia and as a means to encourage all Australians to gain a better understanding of issues that go to the heart of our development as a nation.

Wentworth Lecture 2008

Guarding ground: a vision for a National Indigenous Cultural Authority

Presented by Terri Janke

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Wentworth Lecture 2006

'Difference' and 'Autonomy' - Then and Now: Four Decades of Change in a Western Desert Society

Presented by Emeritus Professor Robert (Bob) Tonkinson

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Wentworth Lecture 2004

'Indigenous Australian Studies and Higher Education'

Presented by Professor Martin Nakata

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Bibliography of Professor Martin Nakata

Wentworth Lecture 2002

'Unusual Couples: Relationships and  Research on the Knowledge Frontier'

Presented by Peter Sutton

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  Bibliography of Peter Sutton

Wentworth Lecture 2000

'Beyond the Mourning Gate- Dealing with Unfinished Business'

Presented by Patrick Dodson

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Bibliography of Patrick Dodson

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Wentworth Lecture 1998

'Dr Marika'

Presented by Dr Marika-Munungrirtj

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Bibliography Raymattja Marika

Wentworth Lecture 1996

'Native Title: the beginning or the end of justice'

Presented by Justice Robert French

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Bibliography of Justice Robert French

Wentworth Lecture 1994

'The end in the beginning'

Presented by Professor Michael Dodson

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Bibliography of Professor Michael Dodson

Wentworth Lecture 1992

'Aborigines and policing: Aboriginal solutions from Northern Territory communities'

Presented by Marcia Langton

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Bibliography of Marcia Langton

^{Wentworth Lecture 1990}

'Studying man and mans nature: the history of institutionalisation of Aboriginal Anthhropology'

Presented by Dr Nicolas Peterson

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Bibliography of Dr Nicolas Peterson

Wentworth Lecture 1988

'Not land rights: but land rites'

Presented by Ken Colbung

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Bibliography of Ken Colbung

Wentworth Lecture 1986

'A sense of making history'

Presented by Professor DJ Mulvaney

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Bibliography of Professor DJ Mulvaney

Wentworth Lecture 1984

'Aboriginal Political Life'

Presented by Professor Dr L R Hiatt

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Bibliography of Professor Dr L R Hiatt

Wentworth Lecture 1982

'Looking ahead through the past'

Presented by Professor R M Berndt

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Bibliography of Professor R M Berndt

Wentworth Lecture 1980

'Aboriginal Education: for Aborigines by Aborigines?'

Presented by Dr Margaret Valadian

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Bibliography of Dr Margaret Valadian

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