Spurned by a careers counsellor who advised her that finishing high school would be a waste of time, the Aboriginal storyteller, festival director, curator, actor and writer Rhoda Roberts went on to become one of Australia’s greatest cultural ambassadors.
Roberts, a Bundjalung Widjabul Wiyebal elder who has died aged 66, dedicated her life to sharing the stories of her people, preserving and promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture through language, dance and ceremony, and securing pathways for First Nations talent to flourish.
