Annual Report 2008 - Central Queensland University

In this
corner,
Terry.
His fighting
spirit helps
others.
A victim of Australia’s Assimilation Act, Terry Willmot – a former meatworker and one-time
top-ranked professional fighter – spent most of his early life fighting to find his place in the world.
Today Terry, who completed his studies in Arts despite a range of disabling illnesses, counsels
Indigenous students, and their parents, so children don’t ‘slip through the system’. Though
semi-retired, he continues to guide youngsters – black and white – who feel they don’t fit in.
After all, he says, he can understand their pain.
“I decided I
needed some
skills to succeed
in a white man’s
world.”
Terry Willmot,
CQUniversity
graduate and
counsellor
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