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Dr puggy hunter biography

          Puggy was born in Darwin of Kimberley parents.

        1. Puggy was born in Darwin of Kimberley parents.
        2. One of Australia's most outstanding.
        3. Hunter had a long role in the struggle for justice for Aboriginal people.
        4. Dr Arnold “Puggy” Hunter was born in Darwin (Larrakia country) 14/08//09/ From till I was working in Zoos and veterinary practices.
        5. Dr Hunter's fearless advocacy and outstanding leadership in the area of Indigenous health earned him the respect of a wide range of people.

          6. Hunter had a long role in the struggle for justice for Aboriginal people.!

          Thank you, Arnold “Puggy” Hunter

          Dr Arnold “Puggy” Hunter was born in Darwin (Larrakia country) 14/08/51-03/09/2001.

           

          From 1997 till 2008 I was working in Zoos and veterinary practices in Sydney, Darwin, Adelaide and Perth.

          I gave keeper talks within that framework, always with a dreaming or storytelling reference around our Native fauna.

          Knowing My Indigenous Blood Lines (Barkindji), I wanted to give back and bring in culture awareness somehow.

          So, in 2008 I changed my direction and began working with people in the Disabilities Health sector as a support worker.

          I watched community nurses coming into my client’s homes and thought to myself I could do that!

          Seeing them encouraged me to look at nursing and my first thoughts were remote nursing in my people’s community but being a low-income worker, I felt I could not afford it.

          I then stumbled on the Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme, and I researched who “Puggy” was (Arnold Hunter, a hea