Tag: My Country

  • My country: Gail Mabo

    My name is:   Gail Mabo, daughter of Eddie Koiki Mabo. My Position is:  I am a mentor, mother, artist and actress and the family appointed spokesperson on behalf of my father, Eddie Koiki Mabo. My Mob is:  I am a Meriam woman from Murray Island in the Torres Straits and my mob is Peibre from […]

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  • My Country: Paulette Whitton

    My name is:   Paulette Whitton My Job Is:   Acting Program Manager, Koori Radio, Sydney My mob Is:   I’m from northwest NSW and over the border into Queensland. Both of my parents are Aboriginal. My mum’s people come from Goodooga NSW and Hebel in Queensland. My dad’s people come from Burra Bee Dee Mission at Coonabarabran […]

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  • Benny Walker

    MY NAME IS…   Benny Walker. MY POSITION IS… Singer/Songwriter. MY MOB IS…   Yorta Yorta. I LIVE ON…   Echuca, which is on country for me. The population here is around 15,000. BRIEF HISTORY…   My grandfather was born on the Cummeragunja Mission. Cummeragunja was an Aboriginal mission established in 1881 on the NSW side of the Murray […]

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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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  • Jeremy Whiskey of Iwantja Band

    MY NAME IS… Jeremy Whiskey MY POSITION IS… Lead guitarist, singer and song writer with Iwantja Band. MY MOB IS… Yankanytjara I LIVE IN… Iwantja community, also called Indulkana. At the top of the Stuart Highway in the Central Desert, South Australia. THE POPULATION  HERE IS… About 150 people. BRIEF HISTORY… I grew up at […]

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