Jen Enosa interviews Dr Aunty McRose Elu, prominent Saibai Island Elder, Torres Strait Islander community leader, and the 2021 Queensland Senior Australian of the Year. Recorded at the Pre-COP in Nadi, Fiji.
Interview by Jen Enosa, Senior Content Producer at TSIMA 4MW.
Curated by Diat Alferink. Diat is a performing artist, festival director, comedian and creative producer from the Kala Lagaw Ya language group of the Western Torres Strait Islands. She’s a skilled project manager with extensive experience leading, developing and directing community arts organisations, large scale festivals and events, and community and youth arts projects. Born in Port Augusta and raised in Lyndhurst, Diat’s mum Daisy was from the Badu and Mabuiag Islands and her dad is well known South Australian sculptor Cornelis Alferink, also known as TALC ALF. Diat now lives with her partner and three young children on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, where she’s CEO of the Torres Strait Islander Media Association (TSIMA). She’s passionate about the positive contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and media can make to the lives of all Australians.