Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng
Tjanara is a Wakka Wakka and Wulli Wulli woman from Central Queensland and carries the traditions of her clan through medicine practice, being a Songwoman and teaching Aboriginal Law & Spirituality to people throughout the world.
Tjanara is a published poet, writer, performer of traditional song and dance and contemporary Murri artist. For 30 years Tjanara has been working with groups and organisations in Australia and overseas in transformational leadership mentoring, cultural education and Indigenous knowledge systems, cultural systemic change and sacred leadership. Tjanara is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Canberra and a PhD Researcher/lecturer at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University. She has been an academic at five Australian Universities, and a Director at two, including as Foundation Director at Charles Sturt University, NSW and Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Education at the University of Melbourne. Tjanara has extensive public service background in the Federal Government and NSW/QLD State Government as a Director and Senior Policy Advisor in Prime Minister & Cabinet, the Office of Indigenous Policy Co-ordination, Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade and a number of statutory authorities.
Tjanara has traveled and worked extensively overseas in Italy, Denmark, India, Europe and the USA and Canada, delivering Keynote speeches at International conferences, workshops at International Indigenous “Healing Our Spirits Worldwide” Conference and Indigenous International Education Conferences.
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