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Aunty Barb Egan
Muthi Muthi Elder Barb Egan has spent most of her life along the Murray River at Robinvale. As such the Murray holds a special place in her heart, which she expresses in a new exhibition called River Woman, now on at the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre in the Melbourne Museum. Aunty Barb Egan is many […]
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Breaking through barriers
Australia’s first Aboriginal pharmacist Faye McMillan is passionate about the opportunities education can offer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. Faye, a Wiradjuri woman from Trangie NSW, was among the first graduates to receive a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in 2001. “I came to university as a mature age […]
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Getting the message across
The popular Message Sticks Festival is on again at the Sydney Opera House from 27 March until 1 April. This year the festival is broadening to include music, talks, dance, storytelling and exhibitions as well as its customary film screenings. Popular media personality and creative producer, Rhoda Roberts, is the Artistic Director of Message Sticks […]
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In the big league
A young lady who enjoys organising social events and who loves rugby league has been able to blend these two passions into a career by landing a traineeship with the NRL. Tanika Perry, from the mid-north coast of NSW, is now a trainee in events management with the NRL. She is working with the NRL […]
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Top marks
Two Aboriginal women are proving that all you need is a good idea and the guts to go after it to realise your dreams. They have launched a fashion label called Deadly Divas Clothing that incorporates Aboriginal designs into contemporary clothing and they are proving that Aboriginal style can be “divalicious.” Young Indigenous lawyer Stephanie […]
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Dynamic duo make looking deadly easy
The Deadly Divas are Alisha Nelson and Tahn Donovan and they met while they were both working in the tourism industry and formed their company in March 2011. Alisha is Nyikina Yawuru (Northwest WA) and Tahn is Wardandi (Southwest WA) and they are developing a clothing range that celebrates the depth and beauty of Aboriginal […]
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Community Roots: Torres Webb
From Erub (Darnley) Island in the Torres Strait), 26-year-old Torres Webb is a young Indigenous leader who, after being away for some years, has returned home and is now planting the seeds of hope back into his community. Torres was in the Indigenous Youth Parliament in 2009 and the Queensland Youth Parliament in 2010. He […]
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Karla Hart
My name is: Karla Hart. My position is: “Drive” presenter and co-host of “The RnB Show” on Noongar Radio (100.9FM). I am also Manager of and a performer with the Kwarbah Djookian dance group; a role model with Role Models Australia throughout remote WA; a lecturer at Polytechnic West for the Solid Ground course; a […]
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Brian Dowd
MY NAME IS… Brian Dowd. MY POSITION IS… Business owner and founder of Black on Track, a program that won the 2011 Deadly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment. MY MOB IS… the Gamilaroi Nation from northwest NSW in a place called Coonabarabran. I LIVE IN… Newcastle, NSW, though my […]
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Finding Her Voice
Wiradjuri woman Tarina Perry’s ultimate goal is to teach in schools and guide Koori kids to make their educational experiences positive. She already has a Bachelor of Social Sciences and is midway through her Bachelor of Education, but learning hasn’t always come easily for Tarina. “Growing up, I was in and out of foster homes […]
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Master Storyteller
Internationally acclaimed cultural spokesperson, didgeridoo player and Aboriginal artist, Jeremy Donovan is passionate about ending the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. This has led him to become a spokesperson for GenerationOne. Jeremy, from the Kuku Yalanji people of Far North Queensland and the Gumbaynngirr people of the mid North Coast of NSW, is one […]
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Community Peacekeeper
Western Australian of the Year and Indigenous Education Ambassador, Senior Sergeant Travis Lupton has been described as a community peacekeeper. Rising swiftly through the ranks of the WA police force, Travis saw an opportunity to stop domestic violence in his own community when he became the officer in charge at Fitzroy Crossing. “I was born […]
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Wujal Wujal’s Quiet Achiever
Aboriginal health worker Alice Tayley is held in high regard by her co-workers at Wujal Wujal primary health care clinic in far north Queensland. When she was nominated for a 2011 deadly award, her colleagues described her as a quiet achiever and committed to providing primary health care to the community. When Deadly Vibe spoke […]
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A Life In Protest
Michael Anderson is an Aboriginal activist with a long career of defending people’s rights. From 1969 he was a leader in the Australian Black Power movement and was appointed by his peers as the first Aboriginal ambassador to white Australia after he and three comrades (BERTIE WILLIAMS, Billy Craigie AND Tony Coorey) established the Aboriginal Tent […]
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Developing Future Leaders
Ben Ghee is one of 12 Indigenous graduates to recently receive a diploma from the Wal-Meta Leadership program in Brisbane. Ben, a paramedic, relocated from his home in Gladstone to Weipa in Far North Queensland in order to gain work experience closer to his father’s country in the Torres Strait. “I chose to move to […]
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Custodian of Culture Honoured
Laurie Baymarrwangga, an Indigenous community leader from North East Arnhem Land, has won the Northern Territory Senior Australian of the Year award. Laurie, traditional owner of Galiwin’ku and senior custodian of Milingimbi, has also just been awarded a Special Commendation at the Northern Territory Research and Innovation Awards for her work promoting traditional language, culture […]
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