Ms Gina Milgate is an Aboriginal woman from the Kamilaroi and Wiradjuri clans of New
South Wales. She is the Indigenous Liaison Officer at the Australian Council for
Educational Research (ACER). A key part of her role at ACER is to provide knowledge and
guidance on a wide range of Indigenous issues to her colleagues. Prior to her appointment
at ACER in 2006 she was an academic at the University of New England for six years. Gina
has a strong understanding of the issues surrounding Indigenous education and communities
and the importance of consultation and respect for cultural sensitivities. Having resided
in a regional town and metropolitan city, Gina has a considerable understanding of the
diverse range of community dynamics and the cultural protocols pertaining to
communicating and consulting with Indigenous communities and sensitivities within the
personal, community and organisational contexts. 

Gina has broad experience in the educational sector. She has participated in school-based
research and has presented a number of programs about educational issues to individual
schools and groups. She has led a major project that evaluated training in the delivery
of health services to Indigenous people in central Australia. She is often invited to
deliver keynote addresses, facilitate workshops and provide advice in the areas of
Indigenous student outcomes and community capacity building. She has been involved in
projects that have involved a high level of consultation with urban, regional, remote and
very remote Indigenous communities. She is currently involved in providing professional
development to schools and communities in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales
focusing on social and emotional wellbeing issues for Indigenous children, family and
communities. Gina also has experience in implementing planning strategies that are
responsive to fulfilling the needs of Indigenous people and communities in a culturally
appropriate manner. 

Gina has established close working relationships with key Indigenous experts and peak
bodies. She has been a member of the NSW Native Title Board of Directors and is a member
of the ACER Standing Committee on Indigenous Education. She has also been part of the
National Schools First project team that involved facilitating workshops with schools and
communities across the country. She is also providing cultural advice and cultural
brokerage to the project team.

Indigenous Community Engagement

Presentation, National Aboriginal Liaison Officers' Forum (2011)
 
Facilitator of a Community Consultation on behalf of Department of Planning and Community Development Victoria - Broadmeadows Vic (2010)
 
Schools First Workshops - Moree NSW, Bourke NSW, Dubbo NSW (2009)
 
Presentation, ‘Parents Anchor the Learning Through the Whole School Community’ : Western Region Parent Expo (2008)
 

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Shoulder to Shoulder : Information for Aboriginal families who have a child or young person with a disability (2008)

This booklet presents information about disability services, respite services, and Aboriginal organisations that provide support...

 

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Indigenous Early Years

Keynote : the Early Years, Dare to Lead National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Conference (2011)
 

Indigenous Student Wellbeing

‘You Can Do It Champions’ Workshops – Thursday Island (2008)
 

Indigenous Teaching and Learning

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Two way teaching and learning : toward culturally reflective and relevant education (with Nola Purdie and Hannah Rachel Bell) (2011)

Within the Education Revolution lies another, thus far quieter revolution that attempts to raise the...

 

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One Laptop Per Child in remote Indigenous communities, Research Developments (2010)

This article describes her visit to a remote Aboriginal community as part of ACER’s review...

 
Aboriginal Education Officers Workshop – NSW DET, Dubbo NSW (2008)
 

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Keynote: What Makes a Difference?, Dare to Lead Principals Conference (2008)
 
Presentation, Indigenous Research Collaboration Conference (2007)
 

Indigenous Transitions

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Session D - Successful post school transitions for Indigenous youth. (with Justin Brown), From 2009 - 2011 ACER Research Conference series (2011)

Concurrent Sessions Block 1

 
Indigenous Youth Transitions (with Justin Brown, Jenny Wilkinson, and Philip McKenzie), An unpublished report for the Department of Planning and Community Development, Melbourne. (2009)
 

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Studies of Asia in Year 12 (with Jenny Wilkinson and Asia Education Foundation), Teaching and Learning and Leadership (2009)

Across Australia, very few Year 12 subjects focus on Asia, according to this report. Where...

 
Schools First Judge (2009)
 
Public information campaigns around adult literacy, language and numeracy: five case studies (with Adrian Beavis and Patricia Knight) (2008)
 
Raising Children Website Evaluation: Fifth Progress Report (with Michele Lonsdale) (2008)
 
Service Delivery Review of the Central Australian Remote Health Development Services (CARHDS) (with Jenny Wilkinson, Peter Trewin, Andrew Dowling, and Adrian Beavis) (2008)
 

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