How Towcha is addressing Indigenous representation in IT
How Towcha is addressing Indigenous representation in IT
Alan Holmes, founder of the Melbourne-based IT services provider, discusses working with Aboriginal suppliers, Indigenous community projects and surviving through the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: Dreamstime
One hundred and three years ago, an Indigenous woman known as Maria Towcha was laid to rest 51km south of Bundaberg.
Such was her legacy among the European settlers of the Childers settlement, she was said to have been gifted a breastplate with her name engraved by the newcomers.
Today her legacy and name live on through the Melbourne IT services provider Towcha Technology and through Maria’s descendent Alan Holmes, who has made it his mission to boost Indigenous representation among his community.