'Wayne Costello went to catholic schools including St. Brendan's Christian Brothers College in Yeppoon. After completing his Bachelor of Education at James Cook University in Townsville, he worked as a government education officer with Aboriginal programs including ABSTUDY. For a time he was Programs Officer with the Aboriginal Arts Unit of the Australia Council in Sydney.' Costello joined Volunteers Abroad and worked as an English teacher in Thailand for two years. In 1992, Costello studied law at Griffith University in Brisbane. Source: My Kind of People : Achievement, Identity and Aboriginality (1993).