Sue Hoskins
Secretary

Hi! My name is Sue Hoskins (nee Dodds) and I was born in Lismore on the 17th January 1947. My parents are Margaret (nee Ferguson) and Mervyn Dodds also known as Slockee. My Grandparents are Evelyn (nee Kay) and Andrew Ferguson and Walter Slockee and Ruby Roberts. I moved form Coraki to Coffs Harbour with my parents and Grandparents when I was about 3 years old.
I attended Coffs Harbour Primary and Coffs Harbour High Schools but left school when I was fifteen. I married Billy Hoskins and had seven children. I also fostered four of my cousins children. I have 29 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.

During the past 25 years I have been in employment with Coffs Harbour City Council, Warrina Women’s and Children’s Refuge and 7 years as an Aboriginal Education Assistant at Coffs Harbour Primary School. During my time at Coffs Harbour Primary I enrolled in a Diploma Aboriginal Education and continued on to successfully complete a Bachelor of Education in 2001. I was offered a teaching position at Brewarrina and I remained in this position for 11 months before resigning and returning home to Coffs Harbour.

I was one of the founding members of the Coffs Harbour Aboriginal Family Community Care Centre. I have also been a member of the Coffs Harbour Local Aboriginal Land Council for 23 years and 20 of those years have been in an executive position. I was employed at the Coffs Harbour Health Campus as the Aboriginal Mental Health Education Officer for the past 3 years before commencing a position as an In Class Tutor at Tyalla Public School on 12th September 2005.