Richard Fejo
Richard Fejo
Richard Fejo
Appointed Chair of the Board 13 November 2020
Appointed Chair of the Board 13 November 2020
Richard “Richie” Fejo is a Larrakia Man from Darwin from his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather in what culture calls “Grandfather lore”.
Richard is also Warumungu from Tennant Creek on his mother’s side and holds a great amount of cultural knowledge and experiences from both northern and Central Australia across the Northern Territory.
Richie started working with NAALAS in 1994 as a Criminal Field Officer for four years before moving to Perth where he was recruited as a Paralegal for Legal Aid Commission working in Family and Civil Law.
Richie then moved to Bunbury where he worked as a receptionist at the Bunbury Police Station before returning to Darwin. Richie then went on to work in family violence and drug and alcohol programs across several remote communities before becoming a Cultural Educator with Northern Territory General Practice Education, a position he held for eleven years.
During his time with NTGPE, Richie also became the Senior Cultural Education and Co-Chair of the national Cultural Educators and Cultural Mentors Network for five years.
Richie stood down from the national co-chair position in 2017 and became the current Chairman of the Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation (LNAC) in Darwin and resigned from Northern Territory General Practice Education in 2020 to become the Flinders University Elders on Campus in Darwin.