Victorian Aboriginal Womens Awards 2002

CULTURE Award
There are two recipients for this award.

First: Our first recipient is a women who has lived in her community for a number of years and is a descendant of the Yorta Yorta and yarra yarra tribes - Dot Peters.
Dot is an elder in her community and has been practicing the traditional practice of basket coiling for a number of years and has taught in primary schools and community groups. There are only but a few basket coilers left in the State.
She has liased with the local police on behalf of local community members and advocates strongly for Aboriginal youth. She gives back to her local community freely on a no fee basis.


Second:Our second recipient is a descendent of the Wurundjeri people and has lived in the area all of her life.
And no stranger to a few of us out there- Joy Murphy Wandin.
Joy Murphy Wandin is an Aboriginal Elder of the Wurundjeri People. Joy has been involved with Aboriginal Issues for thirty years and has held executive positions across all sectors of Government.
Joy is an honorary Professor of Swinburne University, a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria, a member of the Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria, a member of the Victoria Police Ethical Standards Consultative Committee and operates her own business "Jarlo Visions".

ENCOURAGEMENT Award

Our recipient is a Yorta Yorta woman who is a visual artist - Kim Lampton.
Kim has perfected the art form of sand painting, which was taught, through her Uncle Ralph Nicholls.
She has recently completed an artist in residence with Methodist Ladies College - worked with artists at Padua College, undertook a four-year ARTS course at Dandenong TAFE.
Exhibitions Kim has been a part of have been:
Sorrento Upstairs Gallery and Red Rock Gallery,
She has worked on several murals.
Kim will be returning to Sorrento Upstairs gallery for her own exhibition.


WATTLE AWARD
(there were two recipients for this award)
A posthumous award for past achievers

The first winner:
Our recipient is a member of the Wurundjeri people - Winnie Narrandjeri Quolgiotti.
She was very committed to improving the living conditions of Aboriginal people in the State.
In the 1970’s she was part of formation group for the Dandenong & District Aborigines CO-operative - which catered to the needs of the local community. Their purpose was to assist families in the region in housing, employment and welfare needs.
The first aim they had was to establish a local hostel to alleviate the overcrowding in existing homes at Dandenong - the Hostel was achieved.
Winnie was a founder of the Wurundjeri tribe land and compensation Council, - this was her passion she brought all wurudjeri people together to form the organisation and was chosen the leader.
When her people gave her a role she undertook it with strength and commitment she was very passionate about her roles with the Aboriginal Housing Board, Worawa Aboriginal College and Camp Jungai. (1931 – 1988)

The second winner
Our second recipient had contributed greatly for someone who has only recently left her community - a gunditjmara women, Salina Clarke.
Salina passed away at 33years of age and was a very accomplished dancer, basketball, and Netball. She even took out a Victorian Weightlifting title.

She started up the first indigenous womens domestic violence support group in Ballarat.
Former Board member of the Victorian Aboriginal Womens Association,
Salina developed a profile with her dance and began a dance troop - sita Girls dance group in ballarat. She taught and encouraged indigenous women to express themselves through dance, song and laughter, with her pension she support4ed the troupe including design and making their costumes.

Sport Award
Our recipient is an inspirational Yorta Yorta woman - Pam Pedderson.
Her sporting achievements are in sailing, swimming and running. Pam was the first Aboriginal woman to take part in the Melbourne to Davenport Yacht race.
She reignited her interest in sport and recently competed at Melbourne’s World Masters Games in the four hundred meter and fifty meter freestyle and breaststroke events.
Pam is currently training for her first triathlon she has represented Victoria and Australia in the Veterans Athletics and sees herself as a role model for women no matter what their age.