File 19: Oliver Costello interview and photograph by Louise Darmody

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16 September 2020

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9657965

1 audio file (2 hr.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
1 photograph - digital, JPEG, colour

Oliver Costello is from Bundjalung Jagun (country) on the Northern Rivers of NSW. Oliver is a founding director and CEO of the Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education and Community Management at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). He has a broad range of experience in cultural fire practices, Aboriginal Joint Management partnerships, culturally significant and threatened species management and natural cultural resource management. Oliver is passionate about Indigenous leadership, empowerment, partnerships, and recognition of cultural knowledge and practice through community-led mentorship on Country.

Oliver and his family were evacuated from their home in northern NSW during the bushfires in November 2019, but their property didn’t burn. They were also affected by the fires at Christmas when they visited family in Blackheath, NSW.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

ITEM 1
Oliver Costello interview by Louise Darmody

ITEM 2
Photograph of Oliver Costello / by Louise Darmody

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Acquired in digital format. Access copy available online.