Constitutional Conventions in Australia are significant meetings that have debated the Australian Constitution. The first two gatherings debated Federation and what form of Constitution to adopt,while the following conventions debated amendments to the document.
Warren Edward Snowdon is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from July 1987 to March 1996,and again from October 1998 until May 2022. Initially representing the Division of Northern Territory,and later the Division of Lingiari,his constituents consisted of all the residents of the Northern Territory located outside Darwin,as well as Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. He was the last sitting MP who was first elected in the 1980s,and the last who served in Old Parliament House.
Christian John Zahra was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to October 2004,representing the regional seat of McMillan,Victoria.
Kim John Carr is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for Victoria between 1993 and 2022. Representing the Labor Party,he was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.
Christopher Vaughan Evans is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Western Australia from 1993 to 2013,representing the Australian Labor Party.
Claire Mary Moore is an Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland from 2002 to 2019,having been elected in the 2001 Federal Election,and the Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific.
Michael James Dodson is an Aboriginal Australian barrister,academic,and member of the Yawuru people in the Broome area of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Linda Jean Burney is an Australian politician who is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing Barton since the 2016 federal election. She is Minister for Indigenous Australians in the Albanese ministry,and the first woman who identifies as Aboriginal to serve in that position.
Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin is a pidgin that sprang up in Broome,Western Australia in the early 20th century to facilitate communication between the various groups working in the pearling industry there—Japanese,Malays,Torres Strait Islanders,Koepangers,Hakka Chinese,Filipinos,Sri Lankans of Sinhalese and Tamil descent,a small number of Koreans,and local Indigenous Australians,mainly of the Bardi people but also Nyulnyul,Jabirr Jabirr,Jukun,Yawuru and Karajarri people. The name derives from the boats used for pearling,known as pearling luggers.
Carol Anne Martin is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 2001 and 2013,representing the seat of Kimberley. She was the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to any Australian parliament.
Ernest Francis Bridge,AM was an Australian parliamentarian and country music singer. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 2001,representing the electorate of Kimberley,first as a Labor Party representative (1980–1996) and then as a Labor Independent MP (1996–2001). He was the first indigenous Australian to be a Cabinet minister in any Australian government.
Kimberley Land Council Aboriginal Corporation,known as Kimberley Land Council (KLC),is an association of Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The land council was formed at a meeting at Noonkanbah Station in May 1978. The corporation is registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations as ICN 21.
The Motion of Reconciliation was a motion to the Australian Parliament introduced and passed on 26 August 1999. Drafted by Prime Minister John Howard in consultation with Aboriginal Senator Aden Ridgeway,it dedicated the Parliament to the "cause of reconciliation" and recognised historic maltreatment of Indigenous Australians as the "most blemished chapter" in Australian history. While falling short of an apology,the motion included a statement of regret for past injustices suffered by Indigenous Australians.
The Yawuru,also spelt Jawuru,are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Roebuck Plains Station is a pastoral lease that is located close to the township of Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is one of the closest pastoral leases to Broome.
The Uluru Statement from the Heart is a 2017 petition to the people of Australia,written and endorsed by the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders selected as delegates to the First Nations National Constitutional Convention. The document calls for substantive constitutional change and structural reform through the creation of two new institutions;a constitutionally protected First Nations Voice and a Makarrata Commission,to oversee agreement-making and truth-telling between governments and First Nations. Such reforms should be implemented,it is argued,both in recognition of the continuing sovereignty of Indigenous peoples and to address structural "powerlessness" that has led to severe disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. These reforms can be summarised as Voice,Treaty and Truth.
Jana Naretha Anne Stewart is an Australian politician and former public servant. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was appointed as a Senator for Victoria in April 2022,filling the vacancy caused by the death of Kimberley Kitching.
Varun Ghosh is an Australian barrister and politician. In 2023,he was preselected by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to succeed Pat Dodson as a Senator for Western Australia,following Dodson's retirement in early 2024. He is aligned with the Western Australian Right faction.
