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From the age of five, Coconut lived in the girl's dormitory and attended Weipa Mission School. She excelled in the arts and in 1952 received a highly commended award for the Queensland Art competition. Becoming a teacher aide in 1957, she completed a Bachelor of Community Management from Macquarie University in 2009. In 1963, she married Jerry ...
Unit citations are awarded to the organisation, and may be worn by members who served in the organisation at the time and meeting the requirements.. 2010-2011 Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation – Performed duty on at least one shift at any time between 1 December 2010 and 28 February 2011.
Ribbon bar of the Victoria Cross for Australia. The late Private Richard Leslie Norden, DCM – 1 October 2024 – For most conspicuous acts of gallantry in action in the presence of the enemy in the ‘AO Surfers’ Area of Operations in the Bien Hoa province, Vietnam, on 14 May 1968 during the Battle of Fire Support Base Coral. [1]
Bonita worked in the school as a teacher's aide and oversaw day-to-day operations. [5] Mabo was an Indigenous rights activist for Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Islanders, and Australian South Sea Islanders. [6] [7] [8]
The Queensland Teachers' Union is an Australian trade union with a membership of more than 46,000 teachers and principals in the Queensland Government's primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, senior colleges, TAFE colleges and other educational facilities. More than 96 per cent of eligible teachers are members.
The department is composed of two separate portfolios, Education Queensland and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). [6] The department also encompasses the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority , a separate statutory authority responsible for creating syllabuses, curriculums, and assessment.
The Miles Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland led by Steven Miles. Miles was elected the leader of the Queensland Labor Party and subsequently premier following the resignation of Annastacia Palaszczuk on 15 December 2023.
The announcement of the award has become a major public event in Australia, and is televised nationwide. The award "offers an insight into Australian identity, reflecting the nation's evolving relationship with world, the role of sport in Australian culture, the impact of multiculturalism, and the special status of Australia's Indigenous people".