"This is our week, this is the awesome week."

"We'd made history, we were simple young Aboriginal kids."

"We'd made history, we were simple young Aboriginal kids."

"It's a pretty significant native title claim that's been registered and nothing like that has ever been done in the Hunter Valley basin."

"I think alot of them feel they are looked down on. It takes a while for them to come out, gain confidence and succeed"

"My story is not uncommon for Aboriginal leaders in the higher education space. There are plenty of us who have been tradespeople that have come through to be full professors."

"I told my parents I was leaving and packed my bag."

"Newcastle nearly took my life. But it gave me my life back too."

"Someone told me you can't make change from the back seat, so I thought I'd better get in the front seat."

"Our youth has a lot of potential. There's a lot of young people that just need that one person to believe in them."