- Cape York Partnership Board – Non-Executive Director
Marijke Bassani is Lamalama, Binthi Warra and Bulgun Warra from the lands of the Guugu Yimithirr Nation of Cape York known today as Cooktown. Marijke was a standout academic scholar through high school and university, supported by the Cape York Leaders (scholarship) Program, and has not stopped achieving. She is a multilingual International Human Rights Lawyer, advocate, scholar and published author specialising in human rights relating to Indigeneity, race, gender and sexuality.