The Hyllus Maris Memorial Lecture was founded on a partnership between
Koorie Women Mean Business, Binjirru Regional Council (ATSIC), and La Trobe University - former Women’s studies and the Aboriginal Liason Unit. The lecture is free and open to the public at La Trobe University’s, Bundoora Campus.
Lecture Speakers to date include: Jacqui Katona, former CEO Gundjemi Aboriginal Corporation, Geoff Clark - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Chairman and Professor Lowitja O’ Donoghue AC,CBE, the Yorta Yorta Native Title Claimants, and Judge Ross Howie.



Hyllus Maris
Hyllus Maris was a descendant of the Yorta Yorta people a leader and visionary poet whose initiatives in Aboriginal education included the establishment n 1983 of Worawa College, the first registered independent college for Aboriginals in Victoria. Hyllus Maris was also a singer, musician, poet, and screenwriter. She co-wrote Women of the Sun, which won a number of prestigious awards including the United Nations Media Peace Prize and the Australian Writers Guild Awards in 1983.

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