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Twenty-thousand years ago there were Aborigines in Australia and maybe 30,000 years ago there were Aborigines in Australia. lt has taken all that time to get the first National Health Worker Conference going. And I think that's a fantastic effort. I'm extremely confused, as a Balanda, amongst all these Yolngu. However, firstly I want to say congratulations to John White - because he's the organizer - to Ronnie Gamarang, to Bruce Herbert, to Paddles, to Ina, to Cheryl Shelley, to Mary Keller, to Harry Singh, to Gatjil, to Lorabelle Reynolds, to Sherry Scribbens, to Alexander from Ngukurr, to Margaret Hall, to Mr Spain for lending us this hospital, to the commissioning team, to Eddie Tolson for the recording, to Wayne Mulholland and a thousand other people that I've left out. The whole thing is the brain child of Dr Brian Reid, supported by Dr Charles Gurd, and I think it's a great brain child. Dr Reid asked me to say that he understands that the Department of Education has funds available for 1979 and would be interested in giving some support.