Mr Michael Colbung is from the Wongatha (Wongi), Nyoongah and Ngaanyatjara cultural heritage groups of Western Australia, with strong cultural links with the Wirangu and Kookatha Nations of the Far West coastal region of South Australia. Michael Colbung is a classroom teacher, and was previously a tertiary educator and researcher at the Universities of Flinders and Adelaide, lecturing in Indigenous education.