Tasmania JackJumpers Aboriginal Advisory Panel

The Tasmania JackJumpers Aboriginal Advisory Panel, made up of Tasmanian Aboriginal elders, who will work with the JackJumpers over the next twelve months. This panel will work with the Club on cultural awareness and respectful relations with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community, including activities for NBL’s Indigenous Round.

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Auntie Lola Greeno

Greeno is the first Indigenous artist to receive the National Living Treasure Award; Master of Australian Craft for 30 years of experience within the craft industry. The Award was supported by Lola’s solo exhibition, Cultural Jewels, which toured nationally from 2014- 18.

Lola completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Tasmania in Launceston in 1997 and since graduating, has completed a traineeship with the University Tasmania Newnham Gallery (1996) and an internship at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra (2000).

She is represented in many public collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, National Museum of Australia Canberra; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston; Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart and the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart. Lola received an honours Doctorate in December 2023.

Theresa Sainty

Theresa is a Pakana (Tasmanian Aboriginal) woman. She is a Senior Indigenous Scholar with UTAS, undertaking a PhD which is a continuation of her decades long research (which began in 1997) as Aboriginal Linguistic Consultant with the palawa kani Language Program. Theresa has worked as a cultural advisor on a number of projects with Roar Film, the National Maritime Museum of Australia, the ABC, Mona and Mona Foma, Clarence City Council, Mac Point and Curio Projects.   

Her poetry and essays, written and delivered in both palawa kani and English is generally relating to the sacredness of Country, and protection of the disappearing Aboriginal Cultural Landscapes, and Aboriginal Heritage. Speaking for Country in her language, palawa kani, is an act of sovereignty; of defiance, and in doing so she is honours Pakana Ngini (the Old People) of Lutruwita, their Country, languages and spirit.

Uncle Rodney Dillon

A highly respected elder of the Palawa Nation in lutruwita (Tasmania), Rodney Dillon has dedicated his life to rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Rodney is focused on building economic, social and cultural security for First Nations peoples.

In 2022, he finally persuaded Tasmania’s Government to allow First Nations Tasmanians sea rights to harvest a commercial quota of abalone and profit from their catch. He has pushed for reconciliation and was part of the Referendum Working Group for the Voice to Parliament.

He dedicates a lot of his to life to trying to assist Aboriginal children from entering the prison system nationally.  He is an advocate for raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 for Aboriginal children.

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