The Return: Justice, Culture and the Law

Discover our shared histories in a unique evening of local film, meaningful conversation, and powerful stories.

Join us for a unique evening of local film, meaningful conversation, and powerful stories.

For well over a century the remains of Yagan, an Indigenous Noongar warrior from WA, were missing in the UK. The search for Yagan and the fight to bring him home is one of history's wildest detective stories.

This episode from 'Stuff The British Stole' reveals one of history’s most compelling fights for justice, right here in Western Australia.

The screening will commence with a Welcome to Country by Emeritus Professor Simon Forrest, and will be followed by a Q&A session with Nyungar human rights law academic Dr Hannah McGlade.

Light refreshments will be provided.

This is a no photograph event. Attendees may not take photographs within the event precinct. This is to safeguard all guests

Date and time

Thursday 25 September 2025
6:00 - 7:30pm AWST

Location

The College of Law 
263 Adelaide Terrace
Perth, WA 6000

CPD Points

1 point (Professional Skills)

Price

Free

Speakers

Dr Hannah McGlade is a Nyungar human rights law academic who has published widely on many aspects of Aboriginal legal issues, especially those affecting the lives of Aboriginal women and children. Admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1996, Hannah completed a Masters in Law degree before working for national Aboriginal bodies, ATSIC and AIATSIS and editing 'Treaty, Let's Get it Right'. She received the Stanner award for her Ph.D concerning children's human rights 'Our Greatest Challenge, Aboriginal children's human rights'.

Her advocacy for Aboriginal women led in 2013 to the establishment in Perth for Aboriginal victims of domestic violence, named Djinda, a Noongar word meaning stars and in memory of the women whose lives have been lost to violence. She was the inaugural CEO of Aboriginal Family Law Services, the first regional state wide Aboriginal FVPLS (Family violence prevention legal service) in WA. Currently assisting the Commonwealth in developing a separate national action plan on violence against Aboriginal women. 

Dr. McGlade is experienced in international Indigenous rights and has been a member of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues and is currently engaged in several UN mechanism to promote Indigenous rights. 

Emeritus Professor Forrest is a Wadjuk Ballardong Nyoongar with kin connections to Badimia and Wongutha peoples. He trained as a teacher in his early years and taught primary school students in several different settings in Western Australia, including remote Aboriginal communities, small rural towns, and regional cities. He has also worked in the public sector in senior positions in Aboriginal education and curriculum and Indigenous affairs policy and implementation.

Emeritus Professor Forrest is WA’s most established Aboriginal academic commencing in 1983 as a lecturer at the Western Australian College of Advanced Education (now Edith Cowan University). He was then appointed as the Inaugural Head of Kurongkurl Katijin School of Indigenous Australian Studies at ECU in 1995 and in 2010 as the Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University. Emeritus Professor Forrest was appointed as Curtin University’s inaugural Elder in Residence in 2014 and he has taught at other universities in Australia, the United States, Canada, Scotland, Germany, and Malaysia.