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Samantha Faulkner

Samantha is a Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal woman, from Badu and Moa Islands in the Torres Strait and the Yadhaigana and Wuthuthi peoples of Cape York Peninsula. She has worked with a number of public service agencies, community controlled health and research organisations across Australia. 

She has represented women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interests on a number of local, state and national boards. She is the author of Life Blong Ali Drummond: A Life in the Torres Strait, published in 2007 by Aboriginal Studies Press and is currently the Academic Coordinator, Jabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre at the Australian National University.

She has a career spanning over 17 years in the public service, research and non-government sector particularly in community controlled health and research organisations. Samantha has represented Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interests on a number of local, state and national boards and is currently Chairperson, ACT Torres Strait Islanders Corporation. 

She is the author of Life Blong Ali Drummond: A Life in the Torres Strait, published in 2007 by Aboriginal Studies Press. She is currently National co-Coordinator of BlackWords, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and storytellers’ research community of AustLit, the Australian Literature Resource.