Category: First Nations
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Tony Armstrong, a proud Gamilaroi man hailing from rural NSW, has left an indelible mark on Australian media. His journey through the AFL with Adelaid...
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Dr Kirsten Banks is a highly recognised astrophysicist, Wiradjuri woman, and powerhouse science communicator who knows how to captivate an audience. W...
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Chef Nornie Bero has over 25 years of culinary experience, making her a seasoned expert in Indigenous and Modern Australian cuisine. Originally from t...
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Brooke Blurton broke records as being the world's first LGBTQI+ and First Nations Bachelorette, and has been a regular on TV since, appearing on Neigh...
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Brooke Boney has been best known as TODAY's News and Entertainment Presenter for the Nine Network. With a background in political journalism, having p...
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Briggs is a proud Yorta Yorta man and one of Australia's most dynamic creative figures. A rapper, lyricist, hip-hop artist, writer, presenter, author,...
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Sean Choolburra has carved his niche as Australia's No 1 indigenous entertainer. After winning the NSW Raw Comedy final in 2002, Sean has gone on to p...
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Isaiah is a strong advocate for Indigenous children in Out of Home Care and showing that 'Its not what you know, it is what you do that matters'.
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Michelle Deshong is a Kuku Yalanji woman and lives in Townsville. She is a successful businesswoman running her consultancy company along with extensi...
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Ernie Dingo has earned enormous respect as a performer capable of extraordinary versatility. His talents as an actor, television host, reporter and c...
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Lynda Edwards, a proud Wangkumara and Barkindji woman of Far West NSW, is a dedicated voice for her community and a passionate advocate for the financ...
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Cathy Freeman is a trail blazer.
She is a proud Kuku Yalanji and Birri Gubba woman. She is also an Australian Indigenous Olympic champion. She ran...
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Evonne Goolagong Cawley, AC, MBE is a Wiradjuri Aborigine. She has been Australian of the Year (1971) and Australian Sportsman of the Year. In 1972 Qu...
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Karla Grant is an Australian presenter, producer and journalist, and proud Western Arrernte woman, with an extensive media career that spans over 30 y...
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Prof Stan Grant is a renowned journalist, author, moral philosopher, thinker, film maker and communicator. He has had a ground breaking four decade ca...
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Madeline Hayman-Reber is a Gomeroi woman, who was born on her own country, and raised on Gomeroi, Eora, and Gundungurra lands.
She began her caree...
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Dr Anita Heiss AM is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales and one of Australia's most prolific and well-known authors, wi...
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Tracey Holmes is one of Australia's most internationally recognised and rewarded journalists having spent almost four decades reporting on the world t...
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Tanya Hosch AM, awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2026 for her significant service to social policy and advocacy for diversity and inclusi...
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Tahlia brings both professional expertise and lived experience to the national conversation on women and the criminal justice system.
She is the fo...
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Rae Johnston was born and raised on Darug & Gundungurra Country in the Blue Mountains of NSW with her Wiradjuri mother and Greek father. A multi-award...
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In January 2018 Australia Post put Ray Martin on the Dollar Stamp - as a TV Legend.
A few months earlier, Sydney University awarded him an Honorary...
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Noel Pearson was born in 1965 in Cooktown into the Baagarmuugu (Little Red Flying Fox) clan of south-eastern Cape York Peninsula, he comes from the G...
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Aaron Pedersen is an Arrernte man who was born in Alice Springs a little more than 30 years ago. After training as a television journalist, Aaron had ...
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Nova Peris is a descendant of the Gija people of the East Kimberley and the Yawuru people of the West Kimberley; the Iwatja & Gagudju people of West A...
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"We have to create our own destiny and develop our own tools to do it."
Advocate for Aboriginal rights, Shane Phillips is a respected member of the...
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Leah Purcell, AM, is an internationally acclaimed Actor, Writer, Director and Producer of stage and screen and a
proud Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri...
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Comedian Andy Saunders believes the best way to make the world a better place is through laughter.
With an extraordinary ability to use humour to b...
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Kirli Saunders (OAM) is a proud Gunai Woman who rarely stays in her lane. She's an award winning multidisciplinary artist, writer, singer-songwriter a...
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Australian World Music Star Mitch Tambo is a new voice for a generation producing music that cuts across culture.
A proud Gamilaraay man, Mitch ble...
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Steph Tisdell thought she'd be a lawyer before she became one of the brightest stars in Australian comedy, selling out award-winning live shows and ha...
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Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, a proud Bundjalung Widubul-Wiabul Woman, is a Human Rights advocate, author, and writer with degrees in Law and Social Work....
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Corey is a Kamilaroi man from Nowra, NSW, and a STEM champion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
As a young person, he developed a ...
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Brad is not just a leadership speaker; he is known as being a leader of leaders. He has built groundbreaking products that have disrupted the world's ...
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Courtney Ugle is a powerhouse of resilience and a proud Noongar woman from Bunbury, Western Australia, who has transformed personal tragedy into a mis...
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Shelley Ware is a proud Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu woman, educator, author and media presenter based in Naarm (Melbourne). Her career spans education...
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Dr. Tracy Westerman AM is a proud Nyamal woman from the Pilbara region of Western Australia and a trailblazer in Aboriginal mental health, suicide pre...
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Yatu Widders Hunt has proud Dunghutti and Anaiwan heritage and has a background in PR and communications. She is currently a Director at First Nations...
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Mindy Woods, a proud Bundjalung woman from the Widjabul Wia bul clan in Northern Rivers NSW, Australia, embodies culinary excellence and cultural conn...
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Ben Wyatt is a proud Yamatji man. In 2015 he was the first Indigenous politician to become a federal minister and in 2021 the first Indigenous Austr...
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