Story: Dr Alice Rigney This inspiring Elder of the Kaurna and Narungga nations was also our first female Aboriginal school principal. Deadly Vibe pays respect. Aboriginal Elder Dr Alice Rigney is a 30-year veteran of education in South Australia. Starting out as a teachers’ aide in 1967, Alice retired as principal of Kaurna Plains School […]
Story: Peter Buckskin A leading advocate of Indigenous education for 25 years, Peter Buckskin knows the value of a good teacher more than most. When Peter Buckskin was a student in Western Australia, one of his teachers coolly suggested he stop wasting his parents’ money at boarding school and go and start digging holes in […]
Story: Neil Marshall Thanks to the good work of people like Neil Marshall, more Aboriginal young people in WA are completing Year 12 than ever before. Deadly Vibe reports. If anyone knows the importance of a healthy mind and body, it’s Neil Marshall. A senior education officer with the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and […]
Story: Deb Mailman One of our favourite actors, Deb Mailman, is the face of the National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. Deb joins other great ambassadors such as footballers Nathan Blacklock and Michael O’Loughlin and gentleman crooner Jimmy Little. The program tries to help all you guys out there to do as well as […]
Story: Shane Williams Indigenous education boss Shane Williams knows what it is like to be frustrated by a system that doesn’t take individual differences into account. He dropped out of his Far North Queensland high school in Year 10, feeling that, among other things, the system didn’t meet his cultural needs and aspirations He wanted […]
May O’Brien was the special guest at a Deadly Mura mentoring day at St Clare’s and St Edmund’s Colleges in Canberra recently. The Deadly Mura Mentoring Program, which is funded by the Department of Education, Science and Training, is one of several programs taking place in schools around Australia. Indigenous students of St Clare’s and […]
It can sometimes be hard to work out what to study, what sort of job suits you best, or which step to take next to build that great career. You might even be thinking about a really radical change in the sort of work you do, but don’t quite know how to go about it. […]
Story: Chris Sarra The people of Cherbourg in Queensland have witnessed a remarkable transformation at their primary school over the past five years. Cherbourg State School principal Chris Sarra doesn’t like to say it’s all down to him – he credits much of the radical change to his excellent teachers and to the students themselves […]
Hey, you deadly mob! Want to read about young people just like you who, with a whole lot of drive and determination, have achieved some pretty extraordinary things? Fresh Footprints is a booklet by two young up-and-coming Indigenous journalists, Kate Munro and Michelle Tyhuis. It tells the stories of young Indigenous people who have set […]
At 27, Aaron Carle has the world at his feet. The former boat- and ship-building apprentice is one of an increasing number of Indigenous Australians who have embarked on a New Apprenticeship. From December 1999 to December 2002, the number of Indigenous New Apprentices in training rose to 6,960 – an encouraging increase of 2,401 […]
Story: Kiarna Adams Kiarna Adams grew up in Darwin dreaming of becoming a doctor one day. But as she went through high school, she talked herself out of it, thinking that a career in medicine would be too hard. Instead, she headed to Melbourne to start a degree in health science. Yet that dream of […]
Story: National Literacy and Numeracy Week National Literacy and Numeracy Week, which was held last month, celebrates the progress that Australian schools, teachers, parents, individuals and the community have made towards raising the literacy and numeracy levels of all Australians. The two main features of the week were the National Literacy and Numeracy Week Excellence […]
A great books program for primary school students, which started in New Zealand 10 years ago, has arrived on Australian shores. The Books in Homes program was originally developed by Alan Duff, the Maori author of Once Were Warriors, when he realised that many students who weren’t interested in reading came from bookless homes. Alan […]
Some of you mob might not have heard the name ‘Murdi Paaki’ (it means ‘black man’s river’). It’s the name for the Western NSW region that the Murdi Paaki Regional Council looks after (it covers the Bourke ATSIC region), and is home to heaps of Indigenous families. There are 16 communities there: Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken […]
MaRT is the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training’s Monitoring and Reporting Team. Some of our colleagues gave us the name ‘SMaRT Team’ last year, and we certainly try to work smarter. The team operates as an important link between Indigenous people around Australia and the Australian Government in Canberra. It’s MaRT’s job to […]
Everyone needs a little hand now and then, especially when it comes to schooling. Many times, a good tutor can make the difference between an average grade and an exceptional one. Whether it’s a subject that your child is struggling with or simply one they want to improve in, tutoring is a great way to […]
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