title: Worawa Aboriginal College
text: # Worawa Aboriginal College
  
  Worawa Aboriginal College is a private boarding school for Aboriginal girls in Healesville, Victoria, Australia.
  
  ## History
  
  The school was established by Hyllus Maris in 1983. It was shut down in December 2007 for failing to meet minimum registration requirements, but was re-opened in May 2008.
  
  ## Description
  
  Worawa is an all-girls boarding school catering for young Aboriginal women in Years 7 to 12.
  
  ## Ambassadors
  
  As of 2021, ambassadors for the college include Angela Bates, Executive Producer of NITV Current Affairs; actor Deborah Mailman; lawyer Abigail Burchill; and AFL umpire Glenn James. In 2015 Anita Heiss became an ambassador for the school, but she is not listed on the Ambassadors' web page.
  
  