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Aboriginality key to High Court appeal: Aboriginal Legal Service convinces country's top judges to consider whether it was William Bugmy's upbringing that played a role in his criminal
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First Peoples Disability Network calls for the NDIS to be Indigenous friendly: Disability groups fear Indigenous people may be left behind when the national disability care scheme is rolled out. The First Peoples
WA Government was warned a year ago of troubles looming at Banksia: There are more than one hundred Aboriginal kids still in Perth adult Hakea prison but the blame for this has
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Sam Burgess

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sam burgessWho is your mob?

My mob is from Hughenden and Richmond area.

Where did you grow up?

I was born in Ingham, north Queensland and grew up in Hughenden.

I went to a small primary school in Bambaroo for years 1 to 7 and then Ingham High up to Year 12.

I liked all the connections with some of the teachers. They showed us a lot about how to deal with different situations in...

 

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Last Updated on Thursday, 07 February 2013 12:51

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Barry McGuire

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barry mcguireWho is your mob?

I'm a Balladong, descendant of the Wadjuk (Perth) and Yued, that's my mother's Yued mob. She is a stolen generation. My father was born in a little place called Bally Bally within the Balladong country.

Where were you born?

I was born in a little place called Kellerberrin about 2 1/2 hours east of Perth.

I went to school for my first 6 years in Kellerberrin and...

 

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Last Updated on Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:50

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Shay-Lee Aitken

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shay lee_aitkenWho is your mob?

I am from the Minjungbal people from the beautiful Bundjalung country

Where were you born and grow up?

I was born in Potts Point, Sydney. I grew up on the Southern Gold Coast & Far Northern NSW

Where did you go to school?

I spent the first half of high school at St. Hilda's and the last half at Palm Beach Currumbin High School

What did you...

 

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Last Updated on Thursday, 29 November 2012 14:35

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Margaret Wagg-Malone

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Margaret Wagg_MaloneWho is your mob?

On my father's side I am Mandubarra from the Mamu nation, and on my mother's side I'm Kaanju from up around Coen area.

Where were you born?

I was born in Ingham, north Queensland. The family left there when I was about 8 years old when we moved to Rockhampton. With Dad's job, he was a waterside worker.

Where did you go to school?

I did all of...

 

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 19:56

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Callum Clayton-Dixon

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callum clayton_dixonWho is your mob?

I am Anaywan (New England - NSW), my grandfather was stolen generation.

Where were you born and go to school?

I was born in Auckland (New Zealand - 1994) and graduated from the Gold Coast's Varsity College in 2011.

What did you like about school?

School taught me the essential skills I needed to be able to attend university and provided me...

 

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 November 2012 08:59

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