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Daniel Boyd has become the first indigenous/ASSI man to win the Bulgari Art Award

Daniel Boyd has become the first indigenous/ASSI man to win the Bulgari Art Award, one of Australia’s richest cultural accolades. The Cairns-born, Sydney-based artist received the $80,000 award from Italian jewellery brand Bulgari for a work based on a 19th-century photograph from Vanuatu....

ASSI National Body Constitutional Development Meeting 2014

Dear ASSI Community Leaders, Family and Friends, Greg Sutherland, the chair of the National Australian South Sea Islanders Governance Working Group, is travelling from Mackay to Sydney to consult and gather feedback from ASSI communities/families/friends in Sydney and surrounding areas on the...

Australian South Sea Islanders Receive Federal Grant for Community, Cultural and Economic Capacity Building.

Australian South Sea Islanders (ASSI) Receive $50,000 Federal Grant for Community, Cultural and Economic Capacity Building. Emelda Davis, President of The Australian South Sea Islanders-Port Jackson (ASSI-PJ) announced today that she “would like to sincerely thank Senator Kate Lundy, Minister...

New group to represent South Sea Islanders | SBS News

New group to represent South Sea Islanders | SBS News Australian South Sea Islanders have established a national body to lobby for their interests at a federal level. At a meeting in Brisbane, representatives of the estimated 40,000 strong community in Australia elected a national president and board. They...

Australian South Sea Islanders National Representative Board

Australian South Sea Islanders National Representative Board. The election held at WANTOK 2013, on the 3rd of November heralded the Australian South Sea Islanders National Representative Board… a landmark achievement. The board members are – Natalie Pakoa – President, Dennis Bobongie...

Professor Gracelyn Smallwood speaks out to Australian South Sea Islanders

Professor Gracelyn Smallwood speaks out to Australian South Sea Islanders with her talk on ‘Community Cohesion and Activism’ at this year’s Wantok 2013 National Forum. As a surviving descendant of the Blackbirding trade in Australia between 1863 and 1908, Professor Smallwood will...

The Vanuatu delegation participating in Wantok 2013

October 30, 2013
Emelda Davis
Wantok 2013

The Vanuatu delegation participating in Wantok 2013 The Vanuatu delegation participating in Wantok 2013 – Australian South Sea Islanders National Forum are (from left to right sitting in the front row): Former MP David Abel (CEO, Australia-Vanuatu Connections Inc), Hon. Ralph Regenvanu (Minister...

Wantok 2013 to be opened by Hon. Jane Prentice on behalf of Prime Minister Tony Abbott

This year’s Wantok 2013 to be opened by Hon. Jane Prentice on behalf of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Dignitaries that will be attending the opening ceremony including: Hon. Jane Prentice MP – on behalf of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Aunty Carole Currie – South East Queensland...

Only 2 weeks to WANTOK 2013!

October 17, 2013
Emelda Davis
Wantok 2013

WANTOK 2012 was a huge success! With only 2 weeks to this year’s WANTOK 2013 Australian South Sea Islanders National Forum, the ASSI-PJ would like to extend an invitation for all ASSIs to attend and to get involved in this historic event. This year’s event will be extra special for two...

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