Inaugural Assembly Members 2019 – 2023
Meet the Traditional Owners of Country who were chosen by their communities in the 2019 election to represent their hopes, needs and ideas on the journey to Treaty.
Alice Pepper
Gunnai, Yorta Yorta, Mutti Mutti, Gunditjmara and Arrernte
Alister Thorpe
Gunai, Yorta Yorta, Gunditjmara and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung
Aunty Charmaine Clarke
Gunditjmara
Aunty Donna Wright
Kerrupmara, Nillaan, Gunditjmara, Dhauwurd wurrung, Djab wurrung, Kamilaroi
Aunty Esme Bamblett
Bangerang, Taungurung and Wiradjuri
Aunty Geraldine Atkinson
Bangerang and Wiradjuri
Dr Carolyn Briggs AM
Boon Wurrung
Dylan Clarke
Wotjobaluk, Jaadwajali, Jadwaa, Wergaia, Jupagulk
Jacinta Chaplin
Wadi Wadi and Wamba Wamba
Jamie Lowe
Gunditjmara
Jason Kelly
Mutthi Mutthi and Wamba Wamba
Jordan Edwards
Gunditjmara, Waddawurrung and Arrernte
Kaylene Williamson
Gunai Kurnai
Leanne Miller
Dhulanyagen Ulupna of the Yorta Yorta people
Marcus Stewart
Nira illim bulluk man of the Taungurung Nation
Matthew Burns
Taungurung
Melissa Jones
Latje Latje, Jupagulk
Muriel Bamblett
Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and Boon Wurrung
Nartarsha Bamblett
Yorta Yorta, Gunai Kurnai, Warlpiri, Wiradjeri
Ngarra Murray
Wamba Wamba, Yorta Yorta, Dhudhuroa and Dja Dja Wurrung
Peter Hood
Kurnai
Raylene Harradine
Dja Dja Wurrung, Latje Latje and Wotjobaluk
Robert Ogden
Bunurong
Rueben Berg
Gunditjmara
Sean ‘Waikarra’ Fagan
Wadawurrung
Sissy Austin
Gunditjmara, Keerray Woorroong, Djap Wurrung
Tracey Evans
Gunditjmara and Bundjalung
Travis Morgan
Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba
Trent Nelson
Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta
Trevor Gallagher
Gunditjmara
Troy McDonald
Gunaikurnai
Uncle Andrew Gardiner
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung
Uncle Michael “Mookeye” Bell
Gunditjmara, Boandik
Uncle Shane Clarke
Bunurong
