Yalari Newsletter
newsletter Quarter 3
October 2025
Through humility, kindness, and strength, we have celebrated 20 years of Yalari in 2025. And now let’s see what the next 20 years brings for us
A message from our Founder For thousands of years, our Old People were so connected with the Country and the seasons that their lives would circle around each year with a knowing and a confidence that all was as it should be. Through fires, floods, rejuvenation and plenty, time moved on with Knowledge and purpose. Today, all over Australia there is joy, anxiousness, excitement and pride as 71 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families have successfully completed their Yalari interview. Many of them have also had their school interviews and been offered their Yalari scholarship for 2026. That’s what the arrival of springtime means at Yalari. Growth, renewed activity, warmth and colour; for the Country, our people, and our new scholarship recipients. The winter season for Yalari has gracefully closed with the completion of our Outback Camps in Central Australia;
as well as winter sport finals, Term 3 exams, our Gala dinners in Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane, and our graduation ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra for our graduating Year 12 students. Thank you to all who are part of Yalari this season; our generous sponsors and donors, our committed staff and volunteers, our dedicated teaching and boarding school staff, our inspiring and courageous students and their families, our growing and connected alumni, and the wider community of Australia who support Yalari and all that we do... together. Through humility, kindness, and strength, we have celebrated 20 years of Yalari in 2025. And now let’s see what the next 20 years brings for us, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and Australia as a united nation.
Waverley Stanley AM
What’s in this edition Outback Camp: Connecting on Country
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Yalari Ready
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A Shared Vision: Walking Together for Change
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2025 Brisbane Gala Dinner
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For the Diary
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