Mining career a blast for winner
Today is his graduation day, but 24-year-old Tim Hill is already well on the way to a big career.
Aief
Trailblazers going places
“IT’S a long way from home,” says Year 9 student Leon Wunungmurra. Arnhem Land is indeed a far cry from Sydney’s Scots College.
Bayini’s spirit soars again for Yolngu
CENTURIES ago, when Yolngu culture was stronger than today, a female warrior known as Bayini sailed her canoe to Arnhem Land.
Voices in support of AIEF
VIDEO: Prominent Australians tell why they support AIEF and how access to great education changes lives.
Smith delivers lesson in disadvantage
DICK Smith was browsing The Australian when he read about the success of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.
AFL stars’ elite school leg-up
INDIGENOUS teenagers will have the opportunity to study at some of Sydney’s most elite high-schools.
New generation will keep flame burning
AS Year 8 student Toby Bedford enthralled a crowd with a story about his ancestor Jandamarra, he drew attention to a crucial point.
Mikasa’s role in record retention
MIKASA Donald is part of the 93pc supported by the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation who finished Year 12 last year.
Mentor offers a helping hand
TORRES Strait Islander student Tim O’Connor was at a bit of a loose end in boarding school.
Mentor offers a helping hand
TORRES Strait Islander student Tim O’Connor was at a bit of a loose end in boarding school.
Your rights and responsibilities
FINDING a balance shouldn’t be so hard.
Students hungry for office
A VISIT to Canberra has done nothing to dissuade Jerome Pang from entering politics.
Schools scheme a major success
AIEF has the highest rate of Year 12 completion of any program in Australia.
AIEF founder a facilitator of change
ANDREW Penfold reckons he has already received his reward: the privilege of waking up inspired every day.
Abbott told to act on indigenous rights
THE commissioner for social justice has demanded constitutional reform to acknowledge indigenous people in this term of parliament.
Bowraville blues form Carlie’s law
AS a young girl in Bowraville, Carlie Smart watched her fellow Aboriginal friends get carted off to jail and stung by the system.
Not ‘just’ school, a lesson for life
GROWING up in my hometown of Cherbourg, about 250km northwest of Brisbane, I have seen things that would shock most people.
Scholars need drive for brighter future
A FOUNDATION for indigenous students fights the idea that they should stay home.
Finishing school is a family first
JEROME Pang, 17, is the first in his family to finish school.
A once-in-a-generation chance
MS Anderson should be on the indigenous advisory council.
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