Current Board Members

Wangka Maya's Board of Directors is elected by the members at the AGM.

 

Name: Bruce Thomas

Position: Chair

Background: Bruce Thomas is a traditional Mangala man. He grew up with Nyangumarta people. Nyangumarta is one of nearly 30 languages in the Pilbara region in Western Australia. The traditional country of the Nyangumarta people lies along the Eighty Mile Beach area north of Port Hedland, and inland about 350 kilometres to near Telfer. Bruce was born after the famous 1946 Pilbara Strike which sought equal rights for Aboriginal people. The Nomads are an independent Aboriginal organisation set up at the time of the strike to run their own businesses. The main centre for the Nomads remains at Strelley, a small community just 100 kilometres north east of Port Hedland. As a young man Bruce went to Strelley Schoool night classes to read and write Nyangumarta. In 2003 he collected the award for most oustanding student for the Certificate IV in Aboriginal Languages.

 

Name: Harry Taylor

Position: Treasurer
Background: Harry Taylor is a long-term Board member.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Alicia Lockyer

Position: Secretary

 

Name: Lorraine Injie

Background: Lorraine has been active at Wangka Maya since the beginning.

 

 

 

 

Name: Valda Sesar

 

Name: Robyn Churnside

 

Name: Bronwyn Liddell

 

Name: Courtney Kelly

 

Name: Marilyn Clifton