by Curtley Oakley | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
A Message from Yalari’s Founder As the days become warmer throughout the country, I’m writing to you from the wheatbelt area of Western Australia completing the last of our student interviews across Australia. The hopeful joy and reserved nervousness of the...
by Curtley Oakley | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
From Thursday Island to the Stage Growing up on Thursday Island, Kiyoshi Nakata-Binjuda loved to dance. “I would always be dancing at home….I just felt a passion for it.” When the idea of moving away to boarding school on a Yalari scholarship came up, Kiyoshi...
by Curtley Oakley | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Power of Shared Values They say it takes a community to educate a child; supporting 249 Indigenous children to attend leading boarding schools around Australia though, takes a network of dedicated individuals, families, organisations and corporate supporters....
by Curtley Oakley | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
Sadiar Foster: Discovering Her Purpose “Growing up in a small community like Horn Island, opportunities were limited and unless someone from outside came and exposed you to something, you wouldn’t have known it was out there.” Sadiar Foster grew up on the...
by Curtley Oakley | Feb 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
Keely-Che Cain: Like Mother Like Daughter Keely-Che Cain Yalari Alumna – Class of 2017 “To say that my mum is a ‘driving force’ doesn’t even begin to explain what she has done for my sister and me,” says Yalari Class of 2017 alumna and Calrossy Anglican School...
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