Utilities
Roberta Sykes and the Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation
May 7, 2013
Roberta Sykes was born in 1944 and grew up in Townsville. She moved to Sydney in the early 1970s and became involved in the emerging Black Power movement.
Sarah Bourke
May 7, 2013
Sarah Bourke is a descendant of the Djaru and Ongkomi people from WA on her mother’s side and the Gamilaroi people from NSW on her father’s side.
Sharon Davis
May 7, 2013
Sharon has been awarded a Roberta Sykes Scholarship and will be going to Oxford University to undertake a Master’s in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition.
Bridget Hughes
May 7, 2013
Bridget Hughes is a descendant of the Butchulla people of the Woonduna Clan from Fraser Island, and is actively involved with the Townsville Indigenous community as a teacher and parent.
Kathleen Jackson
May 7, 2013
Kathleen Jackson is a Wiradjuri woman from Gulgong in NSW, who was recently accepted to undertake a PhD in African and African American Studies at Harvard University.
2013 Charlie Perkins Scholars
April 10, 2013
On Wednesday 10 April, the 2013 Charlie Perkins Scholars were announced at a reception hosted by His Excellency Paul Madden, British High Commissioner to Australia.