Cathy Freeman charity expands Horizons: Indigenous children win trip to Sydney for school attendance

By Julie Power
Updated May 12 2015 - 5:14pm, first published April 29 2015 - 12:53pm
Goals: Some of the students play footy with former NRL player Ricky Walford. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Goals: Some of the students play footy with former NRL player Ricky Walford. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Rewards: Year 5 and 6 students warm up in the sun after their swim at Bondi Icebergs. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Rewards: Year 5 and 6 students warm up in the sun after their swim at Bondi Icebergs. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Colin Stafford, 11, from Palm Island at Bondi Icebergs with other school children as part of The Cathy Freeman Foundation. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Colin Stafford, 11, from Palm Island at Bondi Icebergs with other school children as part of The Cathy Freeman Foundation. Photo: Dallas Kilponen

Only a few years ago, 11 year-old Waisie Miller's perfect attendance at Palm Island's Bwgcolman​ Community School would have been rare.

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