Darwin RACP Congress 23-25 May 2011

For the past 2 years, Cathy as been on the Paediatric Scientific Program Committee to organise the college conference. This year it was at the convention Centre in Darwin, with a theme of "Indigenous Health and Chronic Disease". It was one of the best conferences she has attended - in fact, no shopping sessions!

We started with some indigenous dancers.

One of Cathy's colleagues from the Kimberley, Prof John Boulton delivered the Howard Williams Oration and it was an amazing history of indigenous and colonial history with anthropological expertise. John pulled it all together in a way that set the scene for the rest of the conference. Sir Mason Durie's plenary also gave a feeling of hope in moving forward to address indigenous health issues.
Cathy delivered her first paper at a major conference. Even though she did not win the Rue Wright award (and was not expecting to), she would have won the popular vote judging by the encouragement she received from colleagues!