Timmy 'Djawa' Burarrwanga

[1] He is a business operator, cultural leader and current chairman of the Yirrkala Dhanbul Aboriginal Corporation,[2] a community development organization associated with the Bunuwal group of companies.

He was formerly a director of the Lanyhapuy Homelands Association, and is heavily active in the outstation movement, numerous other Aboriginal organizations, and has lent his support to the One Laptop Per Child Australia group.

[5] Together they move between Yirrkala and Bawaka to welcome small groups of people from across Australia and from around the world to share their culture and history.

[10][11] A keynote speech involved his experiences in developing his own company and the importance of employing and training Yolŋu people at home, to give them respect and responsibilities for their rights and for their future.

The role of the panel was to lead a wide-ranging national public consultation and engagement program throughout 2011, before reporting its findings to the Australian Government by December 2011.