Shaun Braybrook is a proud Aboriginal man who follows his grandfather line to the Kuku-Yalanji people.
Shaun has been working with the Victorian Koori community for around 26 years, and for the past 19 years he has been working in the corrections system, specifically with Koori men. For the past 10 years, he has been the General Manager of the Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place in Gippsland, which provides Aboriginal men with an opportunity to reconnect with their culture and divert themselves from the justice system.
Shaun has an unwavering belief that Aboriginal cultural identity is a strength, protective factor and crucial building block in our community’s development. He has a deep commitment to social justice and to ensuring Aboriginal people have opportunities to achieve and excel. He works tirelessly to ensure that even the most disadvantaged members of our community get this opportunity.
One of Shaun’s passions is sharing culture with the community. Since Wulgunggo Ngalu’s opening in 2008, Shaun has led various cultural activities in the wider Yarram community including NAIDOC celebrations, welcome ceremonies, many art installations, and cultural workshops for local schools.
Under Shaun’s management, in 2011 Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place won an International Prison and Correctional Award in the area of community correction for its innovative approach in work with men on correctional orders.
Wulgunggo Ngalu:
Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place is a voluntary live-in facility that provides Koori men, on a Community Correction Order (CCO), with an important opportunity to learn new skills, reconnect with, or further strengthen, their culture and participate in programs and activities to help them address their offending behaviour. It was officially opened in September 2008.