HSTAC Staff Information

Barbara Pitman - Executive Officer

Phone: 08-8981 2550
Fax: 08-8981 9822
email: b.pitman@hstac.com.au

Barbara is a long term resident of the Northern Territory, arriving in Darwin with her family in 1946 to join her father who had been part of the war efforts since 1942. In 1957, Barbara travelled interstate to undertake nursing training at the Royal Newcastle Hospital, returning in 1961 to live and work as a nursing sister in remote Aboriginal communities across the Territory for the next 10 years. What followed was a change in professional focus, which saw Barbara managing her own production pottery studio and returning to full time study for a degree in fine arts at the Northern Territory University. Returning to the full time workforce in the mid 80's as a Multicultural Arts Officer led to establishing CREATE Northern Territory, the Industry Training Advisory Board (ITAB) for arts, sport and recreation. After 10 years as the Executive Officer of CREATE, Barbara took up the position of Executive Officer of Human Services Training Advisory Council, completing the circle and returning to the health and community services industries.

Tamara started life in a small Queensland coal town called Gladstone, but her parents brought her as a baby to Darwin shortly after Cyclone Tracy, just when everybody else was leaving town!

In the early 90's Tamara played bass in a band at shows around Darwin and at the end of 1994 the band left Darwin for Melbourne, produced several recordings, and played at many popular venues and festivals.

While in Melbourne, Tamara studied International Relations at Deakin University and did some voluntary and admin work for community service organisations.

After spending 11 years on the other side of the country and still not acclimatising to the winters, Tamara decided it was time to return to the tropics and dragged her partner Damien up with her. Don't worry, he likes it here now!

Morgan began her early childhood in the small gold mining town of Warrego near Tennant Creek and spent a year living overseas in Nauru, a small pacific island nation. Returning to Australia in '84, Morgan travelled around Tasmania with her family for several months before moving to Grassy, a small sheelite mining ghost town on King Island.

Although Morgan spent the next 6 years moving back and forth between the cold, deserted, small country town and the sunny, populated Central Coast beach town of Umina due to her father's work and study commitments, it was Grassy that she considered herself to be from.

In '91, with the closure of the Grassy mine, Morgan moved to Jabiru in the Top End and it was there that a passion for Aboriginal affairs was seeded.

After previously attending boarding school in Darwin, Morgan returned in '95 to live here with her then infant son. Morgan raised her son in Darwin while studying at Charles Darwin University and completed a degree in Design in '07.

The following year, itchy feet saw Morgan and her now teenage son living in the snow fields of Victoria.

Refreshed, with snowboards stored away, and living back in Darwin permanently, Morgan is committed to HSTAC and the youth sector of the Territory as the Youth Affairs Network Officer.

Daniel is Territory born and bred and lived in Darwin until, at the age of 14, he moved to Sydney to live with a host family in order to pursue a better education. After completing Year 12, he moved back to his home town of Darwin and worked as a removalist.

Daniel is on the Board of DEAF NT. He has played many varieties of sport over the years, particularly while he was living in Sydney's Deaf Community. The highlight for Daniel was playing for both the New South Wales and the Australian deaf cricket squads.

Daniel is currently bringing the HSTAC office up to speed Information Technology-wise and is completing an IT Traineeship with HSTAC.


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