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Abstracts & BiographiesIndigenous Caucus: Wednesday 2 DecemberWelcome to CountryAunty Lyn McInnesBorn in Wynyard, Tasmania, Lyn is a Palawa woman Plangermairreener of Ben Lomand/Portland/ Wathaurong country and is the mother of three sons and grandmother offive. Lyn holds a Bachelor degree in Applied Sciences majoring in Health Promotion.She has worked in the field of Aboriginal health for 28 years and has been involvedin Aboriginal affairs since the late seventies. Lyn is the Aboriginal Hospital LiaisonOfficer in the Department of Aboriginal Health, Geelong Hospital, Barwon Health,with 27 years service in the program which is community driven in a mainstream, bestpractice setting. Lyn is involved in various other committees on a local, state and national level. Lyn is anElder, long-term Chairperson of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative Geelong. She is Chairperson of theElders group and is a Victorian Native Title member. Lyn is a recipient of the Australian Centenary Medal inrecognition of her achievements in Aboriginal health in Geelong. She wore the traditional possum skin cloakin the Melbourne Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Lyn is a current executive member and pastChairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation(VACCHO).Mr Glenn SheaGlenn is Wathaurong/Ngarrindjeri and works Koori youth justice in community with Aboriginal adolescentyoung people. He developed and implemented the Wathaurong education and development program (fulltime) and the Wathaurong cultural gathering 10-day camp around the boundaries of the Wathaurong thatwas supported and funded by the Barwon South Western Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee.He designed The Storyteller educational resource in the format of a board game that was picked up by theDepartment of Education and Early Childhood Development (Victorian State Government) and VAEAI as part ofthe Wannick strategy as a resource and implemented into schools in Victoria with Koori and non-Koori literacyteachers as a resource. Glenn was the first Aboriginal person to graduate with a degree from the NationalInstitute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).18