Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council Elders Awards

Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council Elders Awards

Nominating for the Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council – Elders Award

Each year the Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council (IHEAC) invites you to nominate an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person for the Council’s Elders Award.

The Elders Award forms part of the Council’s recognition of individuals who have actively participated in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher education over a sustained period. Specifically, the Council considers that the award should be made to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person regarded as an Elder by their community who has made an outstanding contribution to the higher education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over a significant period of time.

Presentation of the Award occurs each year, and is scheduled to coincide with a full meeting of the Council.

Nominations for 2011 are closed

Award recipients for 2011 are announced

Professor Steve Larkin, Chair IHEAC, announced the 2010 and 2011 Elders awards for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Elders who have made an outstanding contribution to the higher education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over a significant period of time The 2011 Elders awards were presented to:

  • Aunty Ruth Hegarty from the Australian Catholic University;
  • Aunty Rosmund Miriam Graham from Griffith University;
  • Aunty Joan Vickery from Monash University and University of Melbourne
    Ms Rose Guywanga and Reverend Doctor Dinjini Gondarra from Charles Darwin University.
  • Waymamba Gaykamangu, a retired lecturer from Charles Darwin University, was presented with the 2010 Elders award.

How to Nominate

If you know of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person who has made a remarkable addition to strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher education, please email an expression of interest to EldersAwards@deewr.gov.au

Or mail to:

  • IHEAC Secretariat
    C50MA9
    GPO Box 9980
    Canberra ACT 2601

Nominations for 2011 closed 31 July 2011

IHEAC chair Prof. Steve Larkin, presenting the Elders Award to Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra.
IHEAC chair Prof. Steve Larkin, presenting the Elders Award to Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra.