Professor Aunty Eleanor Bourke is a Wergaia/Wamba Wamba Elder and Chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission. She has held executive positions in state and federal government agencies, including Co-Chair of Reconciliation Victoria, Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council Board Member and Board Member of Native Title Services Victoria where she participated in Victoria’s first positive native title determination for the Wotjobaluk, Wergaia, Jardwa, Jardwajarli and Japagulk peoples. Previously Professor of Aboriginal and Islander Studies, Director of Aboriginal Programs at Monash University, Associate Professor and Director of the Aboriginal Research Institute in the South Australia University, an inductee into the Victorian Honour Roll for Women and the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll and recently awarded Member of the Order of Australia in 2022.