St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney; Australia

Melinda works for St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney as the Pastoral Care Coordinator and Research Assistant for this project. Melinda has a First Class Honours degree in Theology. She came to St Vincent’s from the Australian Catholic University where she tutored and lectured in both Theology and Biblical Studies. Melinda is a Dharawal woman from the Cubbitch Barta clan (known to the colonists as the Cowpastures Tribe). She has always lived on country, which is at Camden, south-west of Sydney. Melinda is a descendent of an Appin massacre survivor.