Session 1

The Hon. Fred Chaney AO

"The Best of Both Worlds - Layers of Meaning and Possibilities across Landscapes"

Fred Chaney was born in Perth in 1941.  He practised law in New Guinea and Western Australia, including time in-house with the Hancock-Wright prospecting partnership, and subsequent private practice with emphasis on mining related work until he entered the Senate in 1974.  Fred was involved in the Aboriginal Legal Service in a voluntary capacity in the early 1970’s.  He was in the Senate until 1990 and was Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 1983 to 1990.  He was Member for Pearce in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993.  Among his Ministerial appointments were Aboriginal Affairs, Social Security and Minister Assisting the Minister for National Development and Energy.  After leaving Parliament he undertook research into Aboriginal Affairs policy and administration as a Research Fellow with the Graduate School of Management at the University of Western Australia from 1993 to 1995. He was appointed Chancellor of Murdoch University in 1995 and continued in that capacity until 2003.

In 1994 he was appointed as a part-time Member of the National Native Title Tribunal, a full-time Member in April 1995 and was Deputy President from 2000 to 2007.

In January 1997 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.

He served as Co-Chair of Reconciliation Australia Ltd from 2000 to 2005 and continues as a Director on the Board.

In 2007 he chaired the Consultation Committee on a Human Rights Act for Western Australia.

 

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor, Dr Peter Nattrass

"Vision for a City of Regional and International Significance"

Dr Nattrass graduated from the University of Western Australia Medical School in 1967 and subsequently obtained a post-graduate specialist degree from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London.

Following two years working in major London hospitals, he returned to Perth and worked both in private practice and as a consultant at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Royal Perth Hospital.

He was elected to the City of Perth Council in 1977 and has served on and chaired numerous internal and external committees and authorities providing a direction to the future of Perth over the last 30 years.

In 1995 he was elected Lord Mayor and was subsequently re-elected for a further term in 1999 and 2003 becoming the longest serving Lord Mayor in the history of Perth.