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The Charlie Perkins Scholarship Trust is pleased to announce the 2024 Charlie Perkins Scholars.
L-R, front: Charlie Perkins alum and Aurora Deputy CEO Tamara Murdock, Charlie Perkins alum and Aurora CEO Leila Smith, 2024 Charlie Perkins Scholars Brooke Boney and Hmalan Hunter-Xenie, British High Commissioner Vicki Treadell and inaugural Charlie Perkins Scholar Paul Gray.
L-R, back: Charlie Perkins alumni Ash Walker and James Beaufils.
 2024 Charlie Perkins Scholar Brooke Boney presenting at the Chevening Event.
This year's Scholars are two Indigenous Australians who have been accepted for postgraduate study at Oxford - Hmalan Hunter-Xenie and Brooke Boney.
Tiwi/Iwaidja, Kaytej/Warlpiri woman and Charlie Perkins Scholar, Hmalan Hunter-Xenie has a Bachelor of Science with Honours from Australian National University. She is passionate about positively influencing policy and programs relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly in relation to water and land rights. Recently, Hmalan was awarded both the Scholar of the Year and Caring for Country at the 2024 NAIDOC Darwin Awards. She will go on to study a Master of Public Policy at the University of Oxford later this year. Gamilaroi woman and Charlie Perkins Scholar, Brooke Boney graduated from the University of Technology Sydney in 2014 with a Bachelor of Communication. Since then, she has developed extensive experience as a journalist, most notably as the News and Entertainment Host on Channel 9’s The Today Show. Brooke will study a Master of Public Policy at the University of Oxford with plans to later work within Reconciliation Australia and other government adjacent bodies, where media and mass communication meets policy and agenda setting. The Scholarships are designed to support Indigenous Australians who have the potential to become leaders in their field of study and in their communities, and are awarded on the basis of academic merit. |