{"id":2363,"date":"2021-05-25T13:04:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/?page_id=2363"},"modified":"2025-01-23T13:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T05:41:47","slug":"moorditj-yorga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/our-community\/moorditj-yorga\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorditj Yorga Scholarship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n\n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n

Moorditj yorgas, moorditj boodja<\/em> – strong women, strong country<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Moorditj yorga\u2019 means \u2018strong woman\u2019 in the Noongar language of Western Australia’s South West. Colloquially, it also means \u2018deadly\u2019. We\u2019ve all been influenced by strong women in our lives \u2013 mothers, sisters, aunts, teachers, colleagues and friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women are the bedrock of any community, particularly those that have long faced social and economic inequity. The Moorditj Yorga Scholarship Program will support mature-aged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women \u2013 who may feel the promise of higher education has passed them by \u2013 to enter university, pass their studies and receive mentoring as they transition into their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, let’s make this opportunity available to as many moorditj women as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n

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Meet Rebekah Cabales<\/h2>\n \n

Rebekah Cabales grew up in Darwin, on Larrakia country worked several careers before realising her dream of becoming a nurse. Rebekah’s dream was realised through the support of the Moorditj Yorga Scholarship. Now a nurse at Perth Children’s Hopsital in the Oncology\/Haematology ward, she has never been more fulfilled. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \n

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    \"Josie's

    Josie’s story<\/h3><\/div>

    Josie is a Ballardong Whadjuk Wilmen Ueud woman, one of Curtin\u2019s first Moorditj Yorga Scholarship graduates. Now the Director of Aboriginal Health Strategy for the Southern Metropolitan Health Service, Josie\u2019s life was changed when she was given the life-changing opportunity to attend Curtin to gain the skills she needed for a career in mental health.<\/p><\/div>

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      \"Aunty

      Aunty Trish’s story<\/h3><\/div>

      Born in Collie, with family connections to Wadani country in the South West of WA, Trish is a firm believer in the transformative power of learning.<\/p>

      As coordinator and mentor, she provides wrap-around pastoral care, ensuring students are settling into tertiary life, succeeding in their studies and balancing study and cultural obligations.<\/p><\/div>

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        \"Renna's

        Renna’s story<\/h3><\/div>

        Moorditj Yorga Scholarship recipient Renna Gayde, who spent years working through her healing alone is watching her path unfold into a career helping others heal their trauma.<\/p><\/div>

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          \"Janelle's

          Janelle’s story<\/h3><\/div>

          Read Janelle\u2019s full story, and the stories of strong Aboriginal women like her, in our special series of articles called The Power of Educated Women.<\/p><\/div>

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            \"Sandra's

            Sandra’s story<\/h3><\/div>

            Read Sandra\u2019s full story, and the stories of strong Aboriginal women like her, in our special series of articles called The Power of Educated Women.<\/p><\/div>

            • Read more<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>
              \"June's

              June’s story<\/h3><\/div>

              Read June\u2019s full story, and the stories of strong Aboriginal women like her, in our special series of articles called The Power of Educated Women.<\/p><\/div>

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