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Bernard Coffey Country Scholarship Appeal

Bernie Coffey, Kim Craig, John Stuckey

Back in 2006-7 a number of us got together following Bernie’s death and created a fund to commemorate our mate and the qualities that epitomized his friendship, especially the invaluable role he played over the years in keeping many of us together as a tight group of friends. The Bernard Coffey Country Scholarship now honours Bernie’s memory and has been helping country kids to study at UNE who otherwise couldn’t afford to attend university at all.

The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people, courses and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary, of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Aboriginal community and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future.