While consultations surrounding QCT’s Churches Together Indigenous People’s Partnership (CTIPP) ((link)) continue, Georgia Corowa has begun to promote activities surrounding NAIDOC Week and other related matters in the churches. QCT is delighted to welcome Georgia as part of the QCT team.
Read Georgia’s introduction of herself below. Please contact Georgia directly if you would like to promote NAIDOC or become involved in activities around CTIPP, or have someone come and speak at your church/group: ph. 07 3369 6792, email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .
“My name is Georgia Corowa. I am a woman of many nations. I say this because I have a bloodline that carries from the Island of Tanna and Umbai in Vanuatu to Malaita in the Solomon Islands by my Great-grandfathers. By my Grandmothers I inherit English and my indigenous heritage of the Bundjalung Nation and Blackall area.
Most of the Corowa mob lives in the Tweed Heads area of New South Wales; however, my family moved down from North Queensland 15 years ago when my parents began an Aboriginal and Islander ministry south of Brisbane. It was from this I developed a yearning to see my people live, and I believe that there is a specific purpose and plan for every aspect of life. The creator has designed so many different cultures to tend to specific lands and I believe we need to celebrate not only differences but similarities. I am privileged as a first nation person to call Australia my home and excited to exist in this day and time, when we will see God move in ways we would never think.
My journey so far has led me to complete a diploma in Christian Ministry at Kings Training College on the Sunshine Coast and a Certificate IV in Counselling. At the end of last year I recently completed an Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in South Brisbane. My creative outlet with music and performing, which I pursue, allows me to share stories and positive messages to my community and audiences at large.
As I venture into this new position with support from the indigenous reference group of the Churches Together Indigenous People’s Partnership (CTIPP), I hope to continue to build strong connections within the indigenous and non-indigenous Christian community.”
