Roni Ellis Indigenous Study Awards
Channel: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Date: 2012-11-02

The Roni Ellis Indigenous Study Awards are presented to the most promising Indigenous students studying the semester-long Foundation Program at the University of Canberra. The awards were launched in 2001 in memory of Roni Ellis, an Indigenous DFAT employee who died of leukaemia in 2000. Roni joined DFAT in 1991, where she managed the promotion of Australia's Indigenous culture and art abroad. She was instrumental in building understanding of Indigenous culture and history among her many friends and colleagues in Australia and overseas.