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'Dale Kerwin is a proud Goori (Aboriginal) man from the Worimi Nation, New South Wales. He is passionate about Aboriginal rights to ownership and management for cultural heritage resources. When Aboriginal people were liberated in the late 1960's and educational institutions were opened to Aboriginal people he went and enrolled in tertiary studies at beginning with TAFE in the mid 80's. He has since achieved over a 20-year period a Diploma of Primary Teaching, Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage Management, Masters of Philosophy, thesis- "Whose Rights: Aboriginal Rights for Tangible and Intangible Property." He has also just recently been awarded a PhD for his study of Aboriginal trading paths, thesis- "Aboriginal Dreaming Tracks or Trading Paths: The Common Ways." He remains committed to furthering knowledges about Aboriginal cultural heritage and taking Aboriginal people from the footnote of Australian history to being inscribed on the body of Australian history.' Source: http://www.anu.edu.au/hrc/conferences/conferences_2007/IB&AAbstracts.pdf (Sighted 18/06/2008).