Dr puggy hunter biography

Dr Arnold “Puggy” Hunter was born in Darwin (Larrakia country) 14/08/51-03/09/2001.

From 1997 till 2008 I was working in Zoos and veterinary practices in Sydney, Darwin, Adelaide and Perth.

I gave keeper talks within that framework, always with a dreaming or storytelling reference around our Native fauna.

Knowing My Indigenous Blood Lines (Barkindji), I wanted to give back and bring in culture awareness somehow.

So, in 2008 I changed my direction and began working with people in the Disabilities Health sector as a support worker.

I watched community nurses coming into my client’s homes and thought to myself I could do that!

Seeing them encouraged me to look at nursing and my first thoughts were remote nursing in my people’s community but being a low-income worker, I felt I could not afford it.

I then stumbled on the Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme, and I researched who “Puggy” was (Arnold Hunter, a hea