Stan Grant (Wiradjuri elder)

For other people named Stan Grant, see Stan Grant (disambiguation).

Stan Grant Sr.
AM
Born
Stanley Vernard Grant

1940 (age 83–84)
Australia
OccupationTeacher
FamilyStan Grant (son)
AwardsMember of the Order of Australia (2009)[1] "For service to Indigenous education and the preservation and promotion of the Wiradjuri language and culture, as a teacher and author, and to youth."
Deadly Award (2004) "for outstanding achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education"

Stanley Vernard Grant Sr AM (born 1940)[2] is an elder of the Wiradjuri tribe of Indigenous Australians from what is now the south-west inland region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The grandson of an elder who was gaoled for speaking his own language, Grant Sr now teaches the Wiradjuri language to students.

  1. ^ Pmc.gov.au, 2023. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1140835.
  2. ^ Michelle Innis, 'An Heir to a Tribe’s Culture Ensures Its Language Is Not Forgotten,' New York Times 8 April 2016.