'Dr Aunty Doris Paton is a Gunai Elder and educator living and working in Gippsland, Victoria. Doris Paton has a PhD in philosophy (education), a Master of Education (Aboriginal education), a Graduate Diploma of Education (secondary) and a Bachelor of Arts (social science). Doris is chair of CEAHEG, the Centre of Excellence for Aboriginal Health in East Gippsland Ltd, an organisation of Elders and community members working to promote health careers to Aboriginal young people in East Gippsland. Doris’s role in reclamation and revival of Aboriginal languages includes office bearer for the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages; Woolum Bellum (KODE) School in the development of the ‘Nambur Ganai’ CD; curriculum development and assessment framework for the Victorian Qualifications Authority and Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority– accredited ‘Indigenous Languages of Victoria’; and executive roles on the Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Corporation of Languages, focused on the protection and preservation of Indigenous languages and cultures across Australia.' (Aboriginal History Journal 46)
