Biography
Victor Morgan is a Jaitmathung/Bundjulung man who has lived all his life in Sydney. After completing his year 12 Higher School Certificate Vic started work as vocational officers with Aboriginal Employment and educational branch of the then Commonwealth Employment Service in Sydney.
Vic went on to become the president of the Mundarra Aboriginal youth service based in Mt Druitt for 2 years. Vic left this service and took up the post as the CEO Ja-Biah Aboriginal Residential Bail Support program for young men 12-18years. This program had great success and was acknowledged in parliament for its outstanding achievements and best practice for working with disadvantaged Aboriginal youth.
Vic was invited to establish the Link-Up NSW prisons reunification portfolio to assist Aboriginal inmates (Males and Females) to reconnect to family, community and ultimately identity as a part of their rehabilitation and healing. While employed at Link-Up Vic attained his Diploma in Trauma, grief and Loss, Social, Emotional and wellbeing, dual diagnosis Counselling as well as his Diploma in Problem Gambling qualifications. Vic also worked extensively throughout the state correctional facilities on behalf of LU.
Vic was offered a position with Tribal warrior to return to his passion of working with youth and juveniles as the director of Mentoring which he accepted and continued for 3 years. During this tenure Ivan Clarke invited Vic to join the Strong Aboriginal men’s workshop team as a contractor to NSW health which Vic took up.
Vic has stayed with ECAV for the past 6 years and has acquired his cert 4 in Aboriginal Family health and Cert 4 in TAE, is a very capable group facilitator and an outstanding Counsellor.
Vic is still is a patron of the Clean Slate without Prejudice program and the Mentoring program incorporated by the Area Commander of the Redfern LAC and Shane Phillips the CEO of the tribal Warrior program.
Vic is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Link-Up NSW and has had a long association with Link-Up.
Vic is an avid Golfer, south Sydney supporter has had a long association with Redfern community including the Redfern All Blacks Rugby League team.
Vic was invited to join Wiimpatja as both a facilitator and a business partner due to his extensive connections, awareness and the needs of Aboriginal communities throughout the state.
He currently lives in western Sydney with his childhood sweetheart and wife Dianne, they have three girls and one granddaughter who is the apple of his eye. 
