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Report on performanceThe Governor-General is welcomed to country at a water ceremony at the Yiramalayspring, Leopold Downs, on 11 August 2011Avisit to the Pilbara and Kimberley regionsof Western Australia in August 2011took in eight communities and enabledthe Governor-General to engage with a rangeof organisations working on Indigenous youthengagement, education and mentoring, andhealth and employment issues affecting peoplein remote locations.She saw first-hand the Gumula MirnuwarniEducation Project at Karratha High School andthe Pilbara Indigenous Youth DevelopmentProgram in Port Hedland which have improvedaccess to tertiary studies and traineeships forIndigenous Australians, and the Karratha ClontarfAcademy and the Fitzroy Valley Girls’ SportingAcademy which use sport as an incentive toimprove school attendance rates.At Leopold Downs Station in the Fitzroy Valley,Ms Bryce stayed overnight with students at theYiramalay/Wesley Studio School which offers fulltime industry learning and training opportunitiesto Aboriginal students in partnership with WesleyCollege in Melbourne.In Broome, she visited the Kimberley Diabetic EyeCare Program, while in Bayulu near Fitzroy Crossing,she met with participants of the Lililwan Project,a community initiative to address foetal alcoholspectrum disorder.The Governor-General also visited major miningventures including the Mount Whaleback iron oremine in Newman, the North West Shelf gas plant inKarratha and the Dampier salt mine.Annual Report 2011–201225