Indigenous Models of Achievement

Season 1

Indigenous students and graduates from around Australia tell of their life-changing journeys through higher education.

Education
E1
EducationJhade comes from the country and speaks passionately about the lack of Indigenous educators and students in her school. Sharon describes her journey to become an educator later in life, and Tamara takes us to remote Bathurst Island, off the coast of Darwin at Australia's Top End, and to the life she leads as an Indigenous teacher.
Design/Law
E2
Design/LawAlison learned her trade in design by shopping at charity clothes stores with her five sisters. James was so angry about the way Indigenous people were portrayed in the media, he quit his gym job to study journalism at university, and after several unfulfilling jobs in factories, Lachlan did what he never imagined he could do - graduate from university with a law degree, the first student to do so wearing a traditional possum-skin cloak.
Medicine/Science
E3
Medicine/ScienceWhen Kyle's dream of playing rugby for Australia was shattered by injury, he had to re-think his future. Meanwhile, Ivor's dream of providing health care to Indigenous communities began after hearing the story of his father being born under a table in the family home because there were no medical services in remote South Australia. Tamara dug deep and found the strength to pursue her dream of becoming a vet despite being told she wasn't good enough, while growing up with a disabled sibling spurred Rachel into a career in medicine.