Yoorrook Justice Commission

Victoria's first and only formal truth-telling process into injustices experienced by Aboriginal people since colonisation. The five Yoorrook Justice Commissioners who will lead the historic process were announced on Friday 14 May 2021. Professor Eleanor Bourke was appointed as Chair of Yoorrook alongside Commissioners Dr Wayne Atkinson, Professor the Honourable Kevin Bell AM QC, Ms Sue-Anne Hunter and Distinguished Professor Maggie Walter. These Commissioners will bring a vast range of knowledge and experience to Yoorrook across the fields of law, sociology and systemic disadvantage, land rights, history, trauma and healing. Yoo-rrook means ‘truth’ in the Wemba Wemba/Wamba Wamba language, which is spoken in the north-west region of Victoria.