HerStory

Marlene KONG
Aboriginal or Torrest Stait Islander: Yes
Special Achievements:1997-1998 - Marlene and her twin sister Marilyn were the first Indigenous women to graduate with a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Sydney.
1993 - Inaugural winner of the National AMA Indigenous People’s Medical Scholarship.
1997 - Local Indigenous Community Achievement Award recipient, along with twin sister, Marilyn, Newcastle New South Wales.
2005 – Awarded Ron Castan Memorial Indigenous Scholarship (Australian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Victorian Division), Melbourne.
2008 - Successful nominee for the Australia 2020 Summit to discuss ideas for the “Options for the Future of Indigenous Australia.”
2016-2017 - Neeli Advanced Women’s Leadership Program scholarship subsidy recipient.
Additional Information:Bachelor of Medicine-Bachelor of Surgery, University of Sydney
Diploma, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
International Master of Public Health, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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References
UNSW Sydney. "Dr Marlene Kong".
Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW. "Congratulations Dr Marlene Kong".
Sydney Morning Herald. "Sisters Celebrate a Remarkable Journey".
UNSW Sydney Newsroom. "Keeping it real". accessed 27 November 2020.
The Sydney Morning Herald. "Sisters celebrate a remarkable journey". accessed 27 November 2020.