| Year | Milestone |
|---|
1966 | First member of her family to complete the High School Junior Certificate |
| 1967-1989 | Worked as a clerk in the Cloncurry Department of Justice and discovered an interest in law |
| 1989 | Commenced Bachelor of Law at Bond University at the age of 38 and the mother of two teenage daughters
After excelling in the first two semesters, she was awarded a Jabiru Scholarship which funded the remainder of her studies |
| 1992 | First Aboriginal student to graduate from Bond University with a Bachelor of Law |
| 1993 | Commenced working for SJ Gurnsey & Co and undertook work experience with Justices Derrington and Healy |
| 1994-2005 | Worked continuously as a solicitor in private practice and for various Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations in the area of native title |
| 2005 | Joined the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service, working in the area of criminal law |
2007-
2010 | Transferred to the Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service to focus on family law, child protection, victims of crime and domestic violence. Her role involves following the Magistrates Court Circuit to remote communities around the Gulf and Greater North West Region, assisting those with the greatest need |
