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Delvene Cornwall and Sue CornwallPresentation Title: Aboriginal PerspectivesBringing spark of life to the Aboriginal Community and understanding the Aboriginal culture.Summary:Sue and Delvene are the first Aboriginal women Spark of Life Master Practitioners and will share whatcompleting this course has meant to them in supporting and healing within their community and cultureThey will share some ideas about how to creatively support Aboriginal people living in aged care facilities.Delvene CornwallDelvene is a Bibbulmun/Noongar Yorga and she is currently working at theDepartment of Environment and Conservation as the senior female heritage officer.She has been in a privileged position to share and teach others about her amazingculture. One of her roles is to provide a balance within the culture by highlightingthe important roles women play in their culture.Delvene herself is a mother to two beautiful children.Delvene has graduated in 2012 as a Spark of Life Master Practitioner, and togetherwith her mum were the first two Aboriginal women to undertake the internationalcourse.Sue CornwallSue Khan-Cornwall is an Aboriginal lady who was a child of the stolen generation inAustralia.Sue and her five brothers were taken away when she was 9 years old in 1967, whereshe spent 6 years of her life in a Baptist mission. It was government policy of the daythat was enforced and had far reaching effects on all involved, and still affects intheir lives today because they don’t understand why it happened.In 2012 Sue qualified as a Master Practitioner in Spark of Life, and considers thatthis philosophy to positive human relationships is going to help her community withits healing process.Project Managed by the Students ofDiploma of Business/Diploma of Business AdministrationPage 4