Uncle Bill Nicholson

Wurundjeri Elder

Uncle Bill Nicholson is a Wurundjeri Elder and works as the Education Manager at the Wurundjeri Tribe Land Compensation and Cultural Heritage Council. Uncle Bill first started working for his community in 1995 as Wurundjeri cultural officer. The role of cultural officer included research and the presentation of Wurundjeri history and culture to the wider community. This role has led to Uncle Bill teaching cultural education all types of community groups, all levels of schools, professional development and cross cultural training courses.

Uncle Bill has been involved in multitude of community festivals in the Melbourne region and has also managed Wurundjeri dance group Jindi Worabak in the past. He was also lead supervisor at the Community Development Employment Program from 2001-2003 for the Toorong Aboriginal Corporation of Dandenong.

Uncle Bill was awarded the Churchill Scholarship in 2015 and as a result he has only recently returned back from a trip to New Zealand, Canada and America to promote cross cultural relations, and learn about the different approaches and programs used by other First Nation peoples.