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Honorary Pom: Kevin Coombs OAM (Auslan)

Kevin Coombs: ‘How many Paralympics have I been to? I’ve played in 5. My passport back in 1960 was an honorary English passport. They could tell you how many sheep there were in Australia, they could tell you how many cattle. Yet they couldn’t tell you how many Aboriginals there were, because we weren’t allowed to vote. We didn’t get our rights till 1967 and that’s a fact.’

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Stop 1
Unfinished Business introduction (Auslan)
Stories from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities.
Stop 2
Ngarrindjeri woman: Gayle Rankine (Auslan)
Gayle Rankine is a Ngarrindjeri woman and Chairperson of the First Peoples Disability Network (Australia).
Stop 3
Maralinga: Yami Lester (Auslan)
Yami Lester is a Yankunyjatjara man from South Australia who became severely vision impaired by an ominous ‘black mist’ that engulfed his family’s camp in the 1950s.
Stop 4
The Soldier: Roy Mundine (Auslan)
Roy Mundine OAM (military) is a Bundjalung man and distinguished Vietnam War veteran who served with exceptional courage in Vietnam.
Stop 5
The Activist: Quaden Georgetown (Auslan)
Quaden Georgetown Junior is a young boy from the Birri and Gubba Nations with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism.
Stop 6
Malpractice: Carol Carter (Auslan)
Aunty Carol Carter is a Kamilaroi woman and Bankstown Elder who acquired Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) as a result of malpractice by her local doctor.
Stop 7
Stolen: Eve Kitchener (Auslan)
Eve Kitchener is a Wiradjuri woman and artist who was stolen from her family in 1961 at the age of 5.
Stop 8
Hanging Tree: Gary Umbagai (Auslan)
Gary Umbagai is an Aboriginal man from the Wandjina tribe and lives in Mowanjum, a community just outside Derby in Western Australia.
Stop 9
MJD: Gayangwa Lalara (Auslan)
Gayangwa Lalara is a Warnindilyakwa woman and Vice-Chairperson of the MJD Foundation. Her siblings suffer from MJD, an inherited neuro-degenerative disease.
Stop 10
Soul Deep: Jake Briggs (Auslan)
Jake Briggs is a Wonnarua and Kamilaroi man and the Chairperson of the Aboriginal Disability Network NSW.
Stop 11
Tattoo: Jandamarra O'Shane (Auslan)
Jandamarra is a Murri Indigenous Australian who at age 6, on 10 October 1996, was the victim of a fire attack whilst playing at a schoolyard in Cairns, Queensland.
Stop 12
Sound of Silence: Joanna Agius (Auslan)
Joanna Agius is a Narungga woman who was born profoundly deaf. She is the Deaf Arts Officer at Accessible Arts.
Stop 13
Standing Tall: John Baxter (Auslan)
John Baxter is a Latja Latja and Narungga man born with spina bifida. He is the board member of Reconciliation Victoria and board member of the First Peoples Disability Network.
Stop 14
The Wild Man: Josh Lennox (Auslan)
Josh Lennox is a proud Kalkadoon man who, at the age of 2, as a result of a car accident, acquired a severe brain injury that has left him with cerebral palsy-type impairments.
Stop 15
The Matriarch: June Oscar (Auslan)
June Oscar AO is the CEO of Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre and was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work including Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Stop 16
Freshwater Saltwater: Kay Sadler (Auslan)
Kay Sadler is a Worimi Biripi Woman and a board member of the First Peoples Disability Network Australia.
Stop 17
Honorary Pom: Kevin Coombs OAM (Auslan)
Kevin Coombs OAM belongs to the Wotjobaluk people of Victoria and has represented Australia in the Paralympics.
Stop 18
A penny for your thoughts: Lesley Flanders (Auslan)
Lesley Flanders is a Gumbaynggirr Woman and has been a foster mum to over 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Stop 19
The Statesman: Lester Bostock (Auslan)
Lester Bostock is a Bundjalung man with a disability who has been at the forefront of promoting and protecting the human rights of Aboriginal people with disability in Australia over several decades.
Stop 20
The Kuuyang: Lurpeen Clarke (Auslan)
Lurpeen Clarke, who has Downs Syndrome, is the daughter of the FPDN Deputy Chair, and the granddaughter of Aboriginal boxer Banjo Clarke.
Stop 21
Mother: Maree Kalkeeyorta (Auslan)
Maree Kalkeeyorta lives in the remote community of Aurukun in Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland and has a son born with cerebral palsy.
Stop 22
Noble Cause: Marlon Noble (Auslan)
Marlon Noble is a Yamatji Man who was charged with the sexual abuse of two girls despite his charges never being put before a court or assessed.
Stop 23
The Purple House: Mavis Wayne (Auslan)
Mavis Wayne was an artist from Yuendumu who has since passed away from end stage renal disease.
Stop 24
Baryulgil: Patty Mundine (Auslan)
Patty Mundine was from Baryulgil where she was exposed to asbestos as a little girl playing in the asbestos mine.
Stop 25
TBA - to be advised: Rex Bellotti Jr (Auslan)
Rex Bellotti Jr was struck down by a police vehicle and years later he and his family are still waiting for answers and compensation.
Stop 26
Japanangka: Rex Japanangka Granites (Auslan)
Rex Japanangka Granites is a Senior Walpiri man from the Western Desert and a custodian for Mina Mina Dreaming and an ordained Pastor.
Stop 27
The Life Saver: Rhys Nagas (Auslan)
Rhys Nagas is a Wiradjuri Man who is a health and wellness professional.
Stop 28
The Visionary: Steve Widders (Auslan)
Steve Widders is from the Kamilaroi and Anaiwan people of northern New South Wales and was declared medically blind by former Australian of the year Professor Fred Hollows.
Stop 29
The Carer: Tyrone (Auslan)
Tyrone lives in Darwin with his Aunt Lesol whom he calls mum. She educates and supports the young ones under her care through their growth.
Stop 30
Hope: Hope Campbell (Auslan)
Hope was diagnosed with Otitis Media, which has impacted her hearing and learning abilities.
Stop 31
The Forgotten: Roseanne Fulton (Auslan)

Stop 1
Unfinished Business introduction (Auslan)
Stories from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities.
Stop 2
Ngarrindjeri woman: Gayle Rankine (Auslan)
Gayle Rankine is a Ngarrindjeri woman and Chairperson of the First Peoples Disability Network (Australia).
Stop 3
Maralinga: Yami Lester (Auslan)
Yami Lester is a Yankunyjatjara man from South Australia who became severely vision impaired by an ominous ‘black mist’ that engulfed his family’s camp in the 1950s.
Stop 4
The Soldier: Roy Mundine (Auslan)
Roy Mundine OAM (military) is a Bundjalung man and distinguished Vietnam War veteran who served with exceptional courage in Vietnam.
Stop 5
The Activist: Quaden Georgetown (Auslan)
Quaden Georgetown Junior is a young boy from the Birri and Gubba Nations with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism.
Stop 6
Malpractice: Carol Carter (Auslan)
Aunty Carol Carter is a Kamilaroi woman and Bankstown Elder who acquired Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) as a result of malpractice by her local doctor.
Stop 7
Stolen: Eve Kitchener (Auslan)
Eve Kitchener is a Wiradjuri woman and artist who was stolen from her family in 1961 at the age of 5.
Stop 8
Hanging Tree: Gary Umbagai (Auslan)
Gary Umbagai is an Aboriginal man from the Wandjina tribe and lives in Mowanjum, a community just outside Derby in Western Australia.
Stop 9
MJD: Gayangwa Lalara (Auslan)
Gayangwa Lalara is a Warnindilyakwa woman and Vice-Chairperson of the MJD Foundation. Her siblings suffer from MJD, an inherited neuro-degenerative disease.
Stop 10
Soul Deep: Jake Briggs (Auslan)
Jake Briggs is a Wonnarua and Kamilaroi man and the Chairperson of the Aboriginal Disability Network NSW.
Stop 11
Tattoo: Jandamarra O'Shane (Auslan)
Jandamarra is a Murri Indigenous Australian who at age 6, on 10 October 1996, was the victim of a fire attack whilst playing at a schoolyard in Cairns, Queensland.
Stop 12
Sound of Silence: Joanna Agius (Auslan)
Joanna Agius is a Narungga woman who was born profoundly deaf. She is the Deaf Arts Officer at Accessible Arts.
Stop 13
Standing Tall: John Baxter (Auslan)
John Baxter is a Latja Latja and Narungga man born with spina bifida. He is the board member of Reconciliation Victoria and board member of the First Peoples Disability Network.
Stop 14
The Wild Man: Josh Lennox (Auslan)
Josh Lennox is a proud Kalkadoon man who, at the age of 2, as a result of a car accident, acquired a severe brain injury that has left him with cerebral palsy-type impairments.
Stop 15
The Matriarch: June Oscar (Auslan)
June Oscar AO is the CEO of Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre and was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work including Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Stop 16
Freshwater Saltwater: Kay Sadler (Auslan)
Kay Sadler is a Worimi Biripi Woman and a board member of the First Peoples Disability Network Australia.
Stop 17
Honorary Pom: Kevin Coombs OAM (Auslan)
Kevin Coombs OAM belongs to the Wotjobaluk people of Victoria and has represented Australia in the Paralympics.
Stop 18
A penny for your thoughts: Lesley Flanders (Auslan)
Lesley Flanders is a Gumbaynggirr Woman and has been a foster mum to over 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Stop 19
The Statesman: Lester Bostock (Auslan)
Lester Bostock is a Bundjalung man with a disability who has been at the forefront of promoting and protecting the human rights of Aboriginal people with disability in Australia over several decades.
Stop 20
The Kuuyang: Lurpeen Clarke (Auslan)
Lurpeen Clarke, who has Downs Syndrome, is the daughter of the FPDN Deputy Chair, and the granddaughter of Aboriginal boxer Banjo Clarke.
Stop 21
Mother: Maree Kalkeeyorta (Auslan)
Maree Kalkeeyorta lives in the remote community of Aurukun in Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland and has a son born with cerebral palsy.
Stop 22
Noble Cause: Marlon Noble (Auslan)
Marlon Noble is a Yamatji Man who was charged with the sexual abuse of two girls despite his charges never being put before a court or assessed.
Stop 23
The Purple House: Mavis Wayne (Auslan)
Mavis Wayne was an artist from Yuendumu who has since passed away from end stage renal disease.
Stop 24
Baryulgil: Patty Mundine (Auslan)
Patty Mundine was from Baryulgil where she was exposed to asbestos as a little girl playing in the asbestos mine.
Stop 25
TBA - to be advised: Rex Bellotti Jr (Auslan)
Rex Bellotti Jr was struck down by a police vehicle and years later he and his family are still waiting for answers and compensation.
Stop 26
Japanangka: Rex Japanangka Granites (Auslan)
Rex Japanangka Granites is a Senior Walpiri man from the Western Desert and a custodian for Mina Mina Dreaming and an ordained Pastor.
Stop 27
The Life Saver: Rhys Nagas (Auslan)
Rhys Nagas is a Wiradjuri Man who is a health and wellness professional.
Stop 28
The Visionary: Steve Widders (Auslan)
Steve Widders is from the Kamilaroi and Anaiwan people of northern New South Wales and was declared medically blind by former Australian of the year Professor Fred Hollows.
Stop 29
The Carer: Tyrone (Auslan)
Tyrone lives in Darwin with his Aunt Lesol whom he calls mum. She educates and supports the young ones under her care through their growth.
Stop 30
Hope: Hope Campbell (Auslan)
Hope was diagnosed with Otitis Media, which has impacted her hearing and learning abilities.
Stop 31
The Forgotten: Roseanne Fulton (Auslan)

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