“We began our journey long time ago.

We were ready to go out of our world into the white man’s world.

We met the right people to walk hand in hand with us.

Through those wonderful people, we met many more.

On it goes like that.”

Stephen Victor Snr

Kari Kristiansen

Blank Page Summit Director

Executive Adviser to Billard Aboriginal Community

Kari has worked closely with Billard Aboriginal Community since 2004. In 2006 Kari was the recipient of a High Commendation from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission for her work as an individual in promoting and protecting the human rights of Indigenous Australians. Kari has worked all over Australia with federal, state and local governments, Indigenous organizations, communities, families and individuals in the key policy areas that have dominated the last 20 years in Indigenous affairs – law, land, housing, governance, human services, education, training, employment and economic development.

Tauri D’Eatough

Cultural Aide to Stephen Victor Snr

Executive Support to Billard Aboriginal Community

Tauri lives on the South Coast of New South Wales in the small seaside hamlet of Wombarra where she operates Taupu Surf School, the only Surfing Australia licensed surf school in the Illawarra region. In 2000 she was shortlisted nominee in the NSW Law and Justice Awards due to her significant contribution as an advocate for Aboriginal children in the criminal justice system in her then capacity as a Children’s Court solicitor. Tauri first visited Billard Aboriginal Community in 2006 and over the years, she has continued to work closely with Stephen Victor Snr to chronicle the natural world of spring country – its creatures, cosmology and physicality.

Sam Mostyn and Dawn O’Neil AM

Since 2009 the Victor family has been privileged to work closely with Sam Mostyn (Sustainability Adviser and Director – Institute of Sustainable Solutions, University of Sydney) and Dawn O’Neil AM (CEO – Lifeline Australia). Sam and Dawn bring both a spirit of collaboration and a profound commitment to the goals they share with Billard – a better quality of life for all Australians in the 21st Century.

Sam Mostyn

Dawn O’Neil AM

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