South Australia's Australian of the Year finalists

Updated November 4 2015 - 10:21pm, first published 10:11pm
Professor Peter Buckskin PSM FACE
Professor Peter Buckskin PSM FACE

Professor Peter Buckskin PSM FACE - Educator (Adelaide)

A proud Narungga man from the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, Professor Peter Buckskin is an educator and public sector professional with a passion for reform. As a schoolteacher, a ministerial adviser, superintendent of schools and a senior executive in both the state and federal public service, Peter has encouraged and enabled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and teachers to celebrate, understand and teach Australia’s unique cultural history. A widely recognised thought leader, he has contributed to many national and international working groups, chairs numerous boards and committees and is the current inaugural Dean of Indigenous Scholarship, Engagement and Research at the University of South Australia. Peter’s life work exemplifies excellence, an unbroken commitment to making Australia a better place and a consistent humility in placing the interests of the community he serves above his own. An inspiring, determined and dedicated leader, Peter is creating change to close the education gap for his people.

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