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Mentor For Young And Old
Name: Aunty Honor Cleary In traditional language, ‘yelangi’ means ‘meeting place’. At the Yelangi Pre-school at Indooroopilly in Brisbane, Aboriginal kids have been meeting Aunty Honor Cleary for more than 25 years. Not only does Honor help the “little people”, as she likes to call them, the centre is also a major resource for the […]
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Chris Sarra
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 […]
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Laurel Is Tops
Name: Laurel Hutchinson Laurel Hutchinson of Kempsey is already raising eight kids but she doesn’t mind if more of them drop in or come to live with her for a while – she just really, really loves kids. Laurel, who turns 34 this month, has packed a lot in to her busy life, but she […]
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