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Courtney Cie Thompson was awarded a scholarship in Sydney, in 2002. The presentation was made by the former Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke (R), who is patron of the Indigenous Engineering Summer School and Morris Iemma, NSW Minister for Public Works and Services, who is now Premier of New South Wales. On this occasion, Courtney was in Sydney to attend the Indigenous Engineering Summer School. As part of her university course Courtney Thompson studied at Oxford during 2004. In 2006, Courtney graduated from Flinders University, Adelaide, with a double degree in Science and Biomedical Engineering. "At last after 5 long years of study, I have become a biomedical engineer!" writes Courtney. She graduates as the first female Indigenous Biomedical Engineer in Australia. The University of New South Wales has offered Courtney a place to undertake her PhD research. Courtney's mum, Shirley (Stehbens) is descended from Detlef and his eldest son, Jacob. Jacob settled in Edithburgh, South Australia after some years in Maryborough, Q. and Pine Creek Goldfield in far northern Australia. Her dad, Warwick Thompson, has an indigenous Australian ancestry. Courtney is a gifted actor and public speaker and is recognized as a role model for indigenous youth in Australia.
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