Educating & Empowering Indigenous Children
It takes a whole community to educate a child
Yalari scholarships help Indigenous students access quality education and grow as confident future leaders.
Supporting Indigenous leaders beyond high school into study, work and community life.
Join the Yalari mob and help create education opportunities for Indigenous students and communities.
Our Impact
Students
New students awarded a scholarship in 2025
Annual retention rate
Educated, confident and contributing Alumni
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Just 39 kilometres from the tip of Cape York lies Thursday Island, home to under 3,000 residents and one of 274 islands in the Torres Strait. It’s here that Samuel

From walking alongside students to creating a lasting legacy, Jenni Walke’s Indigenous-led endowment scholarship embodies partnership, leadership and mob supporting mob in action.

Yalari’s 2026 Careers Day connected students with alumni and industry, offering hands-on experiences that broadened horizons, built confidence, and revealed real-world pathways beyond school.