2024 Inspiration Award – Indigenous Student of the Year Winner: Zelman Wilkinson

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“Beginning his apprenticeship as a mature age student in 2021, he was inspired by his father, an electrician working FIFO near Uluru, to pursue a trade. Zelman’s connection tohis community and extended family is deeply rooted in his cultural heritage. A significant moment in his life occurred in
2015 when he participated in a culturally meaningful event where family members from the Solomon Islands were brought to Australia through a fundraising initiative.”- Ai Group