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A Perfect Role Model

A Perfect Role Model

Jasmine Holroyd joined CYLP as an Academic Secondary Leader in 2012; in 2016, she successfully ...
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A Diligent Student

A Diligent Student

Kyeisha Zaro is a current CYLP Academic Secondary student at the Cathedral School of St ...
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Emerging Leader

Emerging Leader

Joshua Newman enrolled with CYLP as an Academic Secondary Leader in 2012 and has, in ...
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Bridge Blessing

Bridge Blessing

http://capeyorkpartnership.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/40189091_281083989379080_1480302815061138639_n.mp4 What a great turn out it was for the official opening and blessing of ...
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Westpac Foundation Social Scale Up Grant

Westpac Foundation Social Scale Up Grant

Bama Services have been announced as one of the five recipients of the Westpac Foundation ...
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Intergenerational Transmission of Mpakwithi and Injinoo Ikya

Don Fletcher, the last fluent speaker of Mpakwithi, was recorded by linguist Terry Crowley fifty ...
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Reflecting on Life

Pama Language Centre and the Aurukun Shire Council jointly held the Life Stories: Language, Art ...
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Congratulations Mesela

Congratulations Mesela

Mesela Newman has been a CYLP Academic Secondary Leader since 2012, during which time she ...
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Hard work Pays Off

Troyson Bassani of Yarrabah originally joined CYLP as an Academic Secondary Leader in 2007. He ...
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Igniting a Passion for Leadership

Igniting a Passion for Leadership

Kayla Mallie joined CYLP as a Skilling Leader in 2014. Since then, she has completed ...
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Cairns Chinese Gardens and Centenary Lakes,

http://capeyorkpartnership.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/36464836_433069273835616_8693496192704597491_n.mp4 It's always great to go back and see finished projects, especially our landscape construction ...
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Recording Wik-Alken, Wik-Ngatharr and Wik-Ngathan

The Painted Stories: Language and Art Workshop was held by the PLC, with support from ...
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Achieving Great Heights

Achieving Great Heights

Tanay Ropeyarn first joined CYLP in 2009 as an Academic Secondary Leader, attending Cathedral School ...
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New Guugu Yimidhirr Childrens’ Book

A Guugu Yimidhirr picture book for children was recently written by ancestral-language speaker and Primary ...
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Natalie Walker: Dreaming big and chasing dreams: helping Indigenous mothers finish school

Approximately 90% of Indigenous teenage mums won’t finish school, but there is a way for ...
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Dream Big and Set Goals

Dream Big and Set Goals

Thanks to MPower, Loretta Spratt can now afford to dream big, and turn those dreams ...
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Noel Pearson: Indigenous tongues deserve recognition as official languages

In December last year, Northern Territory MP Bess Price was chided by the Speaker of ...
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A Fantastic Role Model

A Fantastic Role Model

Elizabeth Kebisu graduated her Year 12 studies at Djarragun College in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed ...
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How to let go 

How to let go 

Sometimes, being strong means stepping back. For Rosie Bulmer, whose home is brimming with children ...
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From CYLP to the Royal Australian Navy

From CYLP to the Royal Australian Navy

Kelam Nona, originally from Bamaga, graduated from the Academic Leaders Secondary Program in 2013, after ...
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