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Eli Cook was a recent recipient of the 2010 NSW Sport and Recreation Indigenous Scholarship.
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Maria Starcevic
Aunty Maria survived a tough upbringing to become a keen advocate for Aboriginal communities and their rights over the past 30 years.
Indigenous advocate
Aunty Maria survived a tough upbringing to become a keen advocate for Aboriginal communities and their rights over the past 30 years.
Gavin Andrews
Gavin Andrews story is a basic one of moving through life's phases.
Aboriginal heritage programs manager (Tharawal)
Gavin Andrews story is a basic one of moving through life's phases.
Frances Bodkin
Frances Bodkin is teaching her cultural knowledge to the young and to those who want to learn, helping them realise that learning can be exciting.
Aboriginal educator (Tharawal)
Frances Bodkin is teaching her cultural knowledge to the young and to those who want to learn, helping them realise that learning can be exciting.
Lou Bennett
Lou Bennett is currently undertaking a PhD in the retrieval, reclamation and regeneration of Yorta Yorta language through the arts.
Performing Artist and Composer (Yorta Yorta)
Lou Bennett is currently undertaking a PhD in the retrieval, reclamation and regeneration of Yorta Yorta language through the arts.
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