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datetime="2024-11-15T09:03:45+10:00">November 15, 2024</time></span> <div class="loop-excerpt"><p>By Jo-Anne Driessens, Artist in the Black Coordinator  Reconciliation Australia hosted its 2024 National conference…</p></div> <div class="loop-meta-box"> <p class="meta-term art-forms-terms"><span class="screen-reader-text">Art Forms</span> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>  <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg fill="#000000" height="800px" width="800px" version="1.1" id="Capa_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 325.04 325.04" xml:space="preserve"> <g> <path d="M84.821,210.938c-4.646-3.671-10.469-5.693-16.396-5.693c-8.055,0-15.556,3.579-20.58,9.821 c-4.393,5.464-6.382,12.3-5.598,19.247c0.785,6.962,4.258,13.198,9.778,17.561c4.646,3.672,10.467,5.694,16.393,5.694 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