Whose Land is it Anyway?

Crown Land encompasses approximately one third of Victoria and includes a vast array of heritage buildings that hold significance to both Victoria and Australia more broadly. How do we as a community decide what is important about these places and how can we work to create inclusive spaces that are representative of the whole community?

As part of Reconciliation Week, Working Heritage is proud to convene a panel discussion event investigating the theme of Whose Land is it Anyway? With discussions focusing on Crown Land, history, Truth Telling, Treaty, community, heritage management and reconciliation.

We're delighted to have Rueben Berg, Adam Magennis and Soon-Tzu Speechley on our panel.

Rueben Berg is a proud Gunditjmara man, and a Co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria (the Assembly). Rueben was previously an appointed member of the Heritage Council of Victoria. A trained architect, he was a Founder and Director of Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria, Managing Director of RJHB Consulting and was the Chairperson of Westernport Water.

Adam Magennis is a member of the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, qualified archaeologist and public artist. Adam's career includes 17 years working within the Victorian Heritage, Environmental and Communities sectors in local and state government.

Soon-Tzu Speechley is a lecturer in Urban and Cultural Heritage at the University of Melbourne. His research interests include classical architecture and its reception in colonial Malaya, architectural networks in the British Empire, and Southeast Asian heritage. He serves as Vice-Chair of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria's) Built Environment Committee.

We encourage First Nations people to email us at [email protected] to get a free entry ticket for this event.

Host or Publisher Working Heritage