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Roslynne Webb
Coordinator, Noogaleek Children Centre (MACS)
and Winnanggay Preschool
Berkeley, New South Wales
Roslynne Webb’s grandmother’s family (Campbells) are from the Yuin Nation, Wallaga
Lake, in southern NSW, and her grandfather’s family (Henrys) from Walcha.
Roslynne started at Noogaleek in 1989 as an assistant, then returned in 2002 as
Coordinator, after working as a SUPS Worker for Illawarra Children’s Cultural
Resource Unit and with Illawarra Area Health Service as the Otitis Media
Coodinator. She is on the National Quality Framework Industry Reference Group.
Roslynne has a Diploma in Children’s Services and completed a Bachelor of
Teaching — Early Childhood in 2011. Roslynne joined the SNAICC National
Executive in 2009.
Josie Crawshaw
Chief Executive Officer
Stronger Aboriginal Families, Together (SAF,T)
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin-born Josie Crawshaw is the inaugural CEO of SAF,T (pronounced “safety”),
the new peak body for Aboriginal children, youth and families in the NT. Josie is
a Gurindji woman and a member of a large extended local family with sporting,
business and political links. Josie’s mother, the late Nawala (Daisy) Ruddick,
was taken from her family at Limbunyah Station, 750km south-west of Darwin,
to the Kahlin Compound, along with hundreds of other children now known as
the Stolen Generations. This family history has fuelled Josie’s pursuit of equality
and social justice for Aboriginal peoples at the local, national and international
level including serving as ATSIC Commissioner for the Top End, chairperson
and founding member of the Top End Aboriginal Coalition and working on the
development of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She has
been a keynote speaker on Aboriginal rights at Forums in New Zealand, Kenya,
Fiji, Indonesia, Norway and Japan. Josie joined the SNAICC National Executive in
August 2012.
Leona Smith
Director, Kaurna Plains Early Childhood Centre (MACS),
Elizabeth, South Australia
Leona Smith is a Narrunga woman from the Point Pearce community on South
Australia’s York Peninsula. Leona has worked at Kaurna Plains Early Childhood
Centre since first working as a relief staff in 1990, through to nursery team
leader, and becoming director in 1999. She did a Certificate in Management and
Organisational Leadership Skills, a Diploma in Child Care and a Bachelor of Early
Childhood. Leona served on the SNAICC Executive in 2002–03, and returned in
2010 as the SA Early Childhood delegate.
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