Shelley Ware is a proud Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu woman from Adelaide, South Australia, who currently lives in Melbourne.
For the past decade or so, Shelley has worked in the media as a radio and television presenter on both local and national AFLM and AFLW football news shows. She is the host of the web show The Colour Of Your Jumper and a member of the Outersanctum Podcast Show and Broad Radio.
Current Work
Shelley is a member of the Carlton FC RAP committee and the AFLW All Australian and Rising Star Selection committee. Shelley has become one of the most respected and recognised female presenters of AFLM and AFLW football in the country. Recently announced as the Essendon Women’s Network ‘Football Woman of the Year.’ Shelley is a well sought-after MC and Keynote Speaker.
Shelley has co-written the national curriculum through Culture is Life and ABC Education for the Australian Dream and Archie Roach - Stolen Generation. For the second year in a row, she has written the national primary curriculum for NAIDOC week with SBS Learn and this year, writing both primary and Secondary.
Shelley is an education consultant who previously worked writing a national curriculum for teachers at Culture is Life. She is passionate about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history being embedded into our national curriculum.
Shelley delivered a moving, impactful and powerful learning experience to our community. We had a great turn-out, from a huge number of registrations, and have received excellent feedback fr ... keep reading Wyndham
Shelley is the absolute consummate professional. We can't speak highly enough of her - calm, patient and really understands a brief and manages it. We'd highly recommend her for speaking engagements/TV host events. She's warm and engaging and really deserves much higher priority in terms of public recognition.
Shelley gave an excellent talk regarding her experiences as an Indigenous Woman, and insights into Indigenous Culture and traditions. She held the year 10 boys' attention and engaged them.
Fabulous speaker and story teller. Shelley has a very calm demeanour that enhanced the delivery of her content.
Shelley both MC'd our event and was the moderator for our Panel discussion. She brought her calm presence and skills to both roles and her journalist abilities to engage and prompt our panelists to enable a great discussion that resonated with our guests.
