Mayor Keri Tamwoy NAIDOC and Aurukun Photo Comp Jun 2022

Interview between Mark Hogan and Mayor Keri Tamwoy about the Aurukun Photo competition and NAIDOC Week.
Keri Tamwoy follows proudly in the footsteps of her late mother Alison Woolla, a dynamic reform leader and first female to serve as Mayor of Aurukun from 1983 to 1985 and 1991 to 1994. “My Mum was a mayor for the people and the community who always had the whole community’s aspirations and needs at heart and this is what I want to take into my service for my people,” she said.

Of the Putch Clan, Mayor Tamwoy, 45, has lived her entire life in her hometown, where she has raised her six children with husband Gerald, and feels privileged to have three grandchildren with two living in Aurukun. Mayor Tamwoy’s strong leadership and dedication to her community was recognised when she was appointed as a local Family Responsibilities Commissioner in 2019. She is qualified mediator who heads the community’s mediation agency Thaa’ Pant Services and chairs a community land management organisation Aak Puul Ngantam (APN Cape York).

Mayor Tamwoy delivers cultural awareness training to mining companies and has a background in administration with roles at APN Cape York and in her husband’s machinery hire business.