Noel Pearson speaking at the 22 May Sydney Ideas ’Voices on the Voice’ event. Photo: Nicola Bailey
Noel Pearson speaking at the 22 May Sydney Ideas 'Voices on the Voice' event. Photo: Nicola Bailey At a recent Sydney Ideas event on the Voice to Parliament, Indigenous lawyer and land rights activist Noel Pearson gave an impassioned address on the importance of constitutional recognition for First Nations Australians. Indigenous lawyer and land rights activist Noel Pearson addressed a packed audience online and in person at the Seymour Centre for a Sydney Ideas 'Voices on the Voice' event on 22 May. Mr Pearson began his address by reflecting on his time studying history and law at the University of Sydney in the 1980s, where he didn't see or know of any other Aboriginal students on campus. "Suffice to say there was no cultural competence on campus in the early '80s. I heard a rumour of two Aboriginal students when I arrived at 17 years old, but we never met." Mr Pearson went on to complete an honours year he described as defining. "I developed an intellectual framework for a future life.
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