Merle Jackomos is an Elder of the Yorta Yorta nation with a strong sense of social justice. She has helped improve lives right around Victoria and Australia.

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Merle's kindness, combined with her desire to see real improvements in the lives of others, means she has remained a proactive campaigner for change throughout most of her life. She is a woman who set out to make a difference and in the end that is exactly what she has done.