Renowned Artist
Bachelor of Leisure Management 1996
A renowned First Peoples artist, Delvene Cockatoo-Collins, is a proud Nunukul, Ngugi and Goenpul woman from the Quandamooka region of South East Queensland. As an artist and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advocate, Ms Cockatoo-Collins, is committed to telling, preserving and continuing the story of culture and country, and received international recognition after designing the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games medals.
In 2012, Ms Cockatoo-Collins established a Minjerribah-based youth arts group and continues to draw artistic inspiration from the stories handed down to her, which relate to family, culture, history and the land.
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