2022 Indigenous Governance Awards Information Booklet
09/06/2022
The finalists and winners of the 2022 Indigenous Governance Awards were honoured for leading from community and culture. Learn about their stories and the judges’ feedback.
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The finalists and winners of the 2022 Indigenous Governance Awards were honoured for leading from community and culture. Learn about their stories and the judges’ feedback.
Land justice, community healing, and ethics organisations have been announced as winners of the 2022 Indigenous Governance Awards.
Nine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led organisations and initiatives from around the country are finalists in the 2022 Indigenous Governance Awards.
Finalists will now be announced in November 2021, judging and visits will begin in February 2022, and the Awards ceremony will be in May 2022.
Applications for the 2021 Indigenous Governance Awards now close Friday 9 April 2021.
The Indigenous Governance Awards celebrate stories of success from around Australia, sharing them as examples of Indigenous-led excellence.
Reconciliation Australia, the BHP Foundation and the Australian Institute of Indigenous Governance congratulate this year’s finalists.
Following a rigorous judging process, Reconciliation Australia and its partners have revealed the winners of the Indigenous Governance Awards 2018.
Nine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led organisations and initiatives from around the country have been shortlisted as finalists.
Reconciliation Australia acknowledges Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website may contain images or names of people who have since passed away.
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Paul Girrawah House has multiple First Nation ancestries from the South-East Canberra region, including the Ngambri-Ngurmal (Walgalu), Pajong (Gundungurra), Wallabollooa (Ngunnawal) and Erambie/Brungle (Wiradyuri) family groups.
Paul acknowledges his diverse First Nation history, he particularly identifies as a descendant of Onyong aka Jindoomang from Weereewaa (Lake George) and Henry ‘Black Harry’ Williams from Namadgi who were both multilingual, essentially Walgalu-Ngunnawal-Wiradjuri speaking warriors and Ngunnawal–Wallaballooa man William Lane aka ‘Billy the Bull’ - Murrjinille.
Paul was born at the old Canberra hospital in the centre of his ancestral country and strongly acknowledges his First Nation matriarch ancestors, in particular his mother Dr Aunty Matilda House-Williams and grandmother, Ms Pearl Simpson-Wedge.
Paul completed a Bachelor of Community Management from Macquarie University, and Graduate Certificate in Wiradjuri Language, Culture and Heritage and Management from CSU.
Paul provided the Welcome to Country for the 47th Opening of Federal Parliament in 2022. Paul is Board Director, Ngambri Local Aboriginal Land Council, Member Indigenous Reference Group, National Museum of Australia and Australian Government Voice Referendum Engagement Group.
Paul works on country with the ANU, First Nations Portfolio as a Senior Community Engagement Officer
Reconciliation Australia acknowledges Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website contains images or names of people who have passed away.
