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Queensland Greats
The Queensland Greats Awards recognise outstanding Queenslanders for their years of dedication and contribution to the development of the state and their role in strengthening and shaping the community in Queensland, Australia. The awards are presented as part of the Queensland Day celebrations. Each award is commemorated with a plaque on a wall in the Roma Street Parkland Roma Street Parkland covers 11 hectares in the centre of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Roma Street Parkland is adjacent to Brisbane Transit Centre and the Roma Street railway station from which it takes its name (the park .... History The awards commenced in 2001. An institution has been awarded annually since 2006. A posthumous award was added in 2015. Award recipients References {{Reflist, 30em Culture of Queensland Australian awards Lists of people from Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ivy Trevallion
Ivy Trevallion is a Torres Strait Islander social worker and community leader. Trevallion, often referred to as "Aunty Ivy", is credited with helping pass the ''Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020'' through the Queensland Parliament in 2020. It is the first bill in Australian history to legally recognise a traditional custom, namely an ancient child-rearing practice among Torres Strait Islander people where a child is adopted by a relative or community member. Along with Alastair Nicholson and Charles Passi, Trevallion was one of three eminent persons engaged to provide legal, cultural and gender expertise at culturally sensitive consultations prior to the passing of the bill on 16 July 2020. Her career as a social worker commenced in the 1970's when she enrolled in the Aboriginal Task Force, completing a Community Development Certificate in 1977 and an Associate Diploma in Social Work in 1978. In 1986, Trevallion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby McCarthy
Richard Laurence "Darby" McCarthy (1944 – 6 May 2020) was an Australian jockey. Early life McCarthy was born in a sandhills camp at Cunnamulla in Queensland, the son of Albert and Kate, who married at 13. Career He became one of Australia's best jockeys in the 1950s and 60s, and did much to further the Aboriginal cause. Olympian runner Cathy Freeman said of him:Darby influenced me and encouraged me to strive for excellence in all that I do and to persevere against all odds and for this I will forever be thankful... We first met in Queensland when I was 15 and Darby and his family were kind enough to let me stay on weekends away from boarding school at Toowoomba. (quoted in ''Against all Odds'') McCarthy raced frequently in Brisbane, where his records include three Stradbrokes, the Brisbane Cup and the Doomben 10,000 before he moved to Sydney. He won the 1969 AJC Derby on ''Divide And Rule'' and the Epsom with ''Broker's Tip'' on the same day. McCarthy then went on to rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Citizens Youth Club
Police & Community Youth Clubs (PCYC) or Police and Community Youth Clubs are a network of Australian non-profit, community organisations, founded in New South Wales. In some states such as NSW, they are constituted as an Incorporated Association. The Mission of PCYC is to get young people active in life; develop their skills, character and leadership; and prevent and reduce crime by and against young people. The organisation is community-based and involves the provision of low-cost structured activities to children and adults, aimed specifically at the underprivileged persons in the community. The clubs contain a wide variety of sports such as basketball, indoor soccer, weightlifting gyms, dancing, wrestling/grappling, boxing, martial arts and many other activities and hobbies. Different clubs may have different activities going on to one another. The PCYC has a range of over 60 clubs across the State. History The first PCYC was opened in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales on 1 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Taylor (community Advocate)
Betty Taylor (born Elizabeth Anne Frost, 1949 in Queensland) is an Australian community advocate and domestic violence prevention campaigner.2020 Queensland Greats list celebrates our local heroes: Betty Taylor ''''. Retrieved 9 June 2020.2020 Queensland Greats recipients: Betty Taylor |
James Morton (physician)
James Morton is an Australian medical doctor and advocate for children with autism spectrum disorders. Morton is a specialist haematologist and oncologist at Brisbane's Mater Hospital and a senior specialist with the Leukaemia & Bone Marrow Transplant Service at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.Biography: Dr James Morton Icon Cancer Centre. Retrieved 9 June 2020. Biography Morton graduated with a MBSS from the in 1987 and completed his general medical training in 1991.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Morcombe
Denise Marie Morcombe (née Beavis, born November 1960) is an Australian child safety advocate. Morcombe is arguably best known as the co-founder of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, a non-profit organisation which she established with her husband Bruce Morcombe in 2005 following the abduction and murder of their 13-year-old son Daniel Morcombe in December 2003. Life Morcombe was born in Melbourne. By the age of 18, she had found employment in the banking sector, employed by the Bank of New South Wales completing data entry and accounts. At the age of 19, she and a friend had travelled to Lorne, Victoria whose brother worked with Bruce Morcombe at the Board of Works in Melbourne. After the pair were introduced, they commenced a relationship. They became engaged during a holiday to Palm Cove in Queensland. She and her husband were married on 3 September 1983, after which they bought a four-bedroom house in Forest Hill. Their first child was born on 4 October 1987. On 19 Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Morcombe
Bruce David Morcombe (born 1959) is an Australian child safety advocate. Morcombe is arguably best known as the co-founder of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, a non-profit organisation which he established with his wife Denise Morcombe in 2005 following the abduction and murder of their 13-year-old son Daniel Morcombe in December 2003. Life During his childhood, Morcombe's parents owned a Brisbane fruit shop in the inner west suburb of Rosalie. At the age of eight, Morcombe and his older brother Perry discovered a body of a murdered woman in the grounds of Milton State School on 12 November 1967 after following a blood trail they had found outside the parents fruit shop. In 1970 Morcombe's family relocated to Melbourne, and in 1977 he commenced working for the Board of Works. Morcombe met Melbourne-born bank worker Denise Beavis on 15 February 1980 in Lorne, Victoria. They pair were married on 3 September 1983. Their first son was born on 4 October 1987. They then had twin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Lowcock
Michael John Lowcock (born 4 December 1948) is an Australian priest. Based in Mount Isa where he has been the parish priest at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church since 1992, Lowcock is best known for his community work in North West Queensland, particularly among First Nations people. Life and career Lowcock grew up in Bowen, Queensland and attended boarding school in Charters Towers. Lowcock studied at the Pius XII Provincial Seminary in Brisbane prior to being ordained on 10 August 1973 at St Mary's Catholic School in Bowen where he had obtained his primary education. After spending time in Ayr, Ingham and Townsville, Bishop Ray Benjamin decided to transfer Lowcock to a new parish. Relocating to Mount Isa in 1992, Lowcock has been active in the community which has included being the local police chaplain . He is also credited with establishing a number of local services including a youth hub, local support groups for Murri people and the Jangawala Kitchen which provides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Lane
Angus Thomas Lane is an Australian ring announcer.Gould, Joel (17 May 2014Velvet-voiced announcer Angus Lane pursues passion ''The Queensland Times''. Retrieved 8 June 2020. Lane has been the ring announcer at many major agricultural shows in Australia including the Royal Queensland Show (more commonly known as "The Ekka"), Sydney Royal Easter Show, Perth Royal Show, Royal Darwin Show and the Royal Toowoomba Show. He has also served as a ring announcer at many smaller agricultural shows across Queensland, commencing his career at the Jandowae Show.Pillhofer, Ashley (21 June 2018Angus Lane looks back on 60 years announcing the show ''Daily Mercury''. Retrieved 8 June 2020. After working as the ring announcer at Rockhampton's Beef Australia in 1991, Lane became the Chief Ring Announcer at The Ekka in 1992. He served in that role until 2008 before stepping down from the position for a number of years before returning in 2014. Recognition Lane was named as Queensland Father of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Bates (journalist)
Nancy Dawn Bates (born 3 March 1948) is a New Zealand-born Australian community advocate and retired journalist. She was the second woman to be appointed editor of a daily Australian newspaper, serving as editor of the ''Fraser Coast Chronicle'' in Maryborough, Queensland, for 21 years. Career Her journalism career began at the age of 16 when she obtained a cadetship with the ''Bay of Plenty Times'' in Tauranga. After spending three years at the paper, Bates commenced a three-year stint at the '' The Daily Post'' in Rotorua before relocated to Australia in 1970 to take up a position as a general news reporter at the ''Maryborough Chronicle'' which later changed its name to the ''Fraser Coast Chronicle''. Throughout her time at the ''Fraser Coast Chronicle'', Bates worked her way up through the ranks and served as the chief sub-editor and then chief of staff before being appointed as the newspaper's editor in 1988. Bates is credited with helping the newspaper achieve its highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisters Of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute had about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They also started many education and health care facilities around the world. History Founding The Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy began when Catherine McAuley used an inheritance to build a large house on Baggot Street, Dublin, as a school for poor girls and a shelter for homeless servant girls and women. She was assisted in the works of the house by local women. There was no idea then of founding a religious institution; McAuley's plan was to establish a society of secular ladies who would spend a few hours daily in instructing the poor. Gradually the ladies adopted a black dress and cape of the same material reaching to the belt, a white collar and a lace cap and veil. In 1828, Archbishop Daniel Murray advised Miss McAuley to choose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
