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The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), established as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) in 1964, is an independent Australian Government statutory authority. It is a collecting, publishing and research institute and is considered to be Australia's premier resource for information about the cultures and societies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Institute is a leader in ethical research and the handling of culturally sensitive material and holds in its collections many unique and irreplaceable items of cultural, historical and spiritual significance. The collection at AIATSIS has been built through over 50 years of research and engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and is now a source of language and culture revitalisation, native title research and family and community history. AIATSIS is located on Acton Peninsula in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
Joel Macdonald is an Australian footballer and businessman.
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The Australian National University Library is part of the Australian National University in Canberra, one of the world's major research universities.
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George John Williams is an Australian academic specialising in Australian constitutional law and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Planning and Assurance at the University of New South Wales. He was formerly the Dean of the Law Faculty.
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Julian Christopher Hill is an Australian politician who is currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Bruce in the House of Representatives, and was previously the 4th Mayor of Port Phillip. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he succeeded Alan Griffin at the 2016 federal election.
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Peter Richard Norman Johnson (1923–2003) served with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II and was a distinguished architect in his native Australia.