Corey Tutt facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Corey Tutt
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Tutt in 2019
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New South Wales, Australia
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| Known for | DeadlyScience founder 2020 NSW Young Australian of the Year |
Corey Aden Tutt OAM is an Aboriginal Australian expert in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths). He is also an author and a social entrepreneur, which means he starts projects to help people.
Corey is famous for creating DeadlyScience. This amazing project gives STEM books and tools to schools in faraway parts of Australia. For his incredible work, he was named the NSW Young Australian of the Year in 2020.
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Early Life and Inspiration
Corey Tutt grew up in the Illawarra region of New South Wales and has Kamilaroi heritage. He went to Dapto High School, where he loved studying science, farming, and history.
After high school, Corey went through a very difficult time when he lost a close friend. This led him to travel across Australia and New Zealand as an alpaca shearer. Later, he rediscovered his passion for science, which set him on a new path.
Career Path
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Corey's career began in a fun and unusual way. He first worked as a zookeeper on the NSW South Coast. After that, he became a traveling alpaca shearer.
In 2018, he founded DeadlyScience to make sure kids in remote communities had access to great science books and learning materials.
A year later, in 2019, he started working as a research assistant at the University of Sydney. He worked at a special center that studies mental health.
Becoming a Best-Selling Author
In 2022, Corey wrote a best-selling book called The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples. The book's amazing pictures were drawn by Blak Douglas, an artist who has won the famous Archibald Prize.
The next year, he released another book, This Book Thinks Ya Deadly. It tells the stories of 80 amazing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are achieving great things in sports, art, science, and more.
The Story of DeadlyScience
Corey started DeadlyScience while working at the University of Sydney. At first, he used his own money from working two jobs to send books to schools. He was inspired to act when he learned that one remote school had only 15 books for all its students.
To get more help, he started a gofundme page. People loved his idea and donated over $240,000! He began by sending his own books and telescopes. Soon, famous scientists like Brian Cox and Karl Kruszelnicki also donated books.
By 2020, DeadlyScience had sent 7,000 books and 200 telescopes to more than 100 schools. Corey's goal is to inspire Indigenous students to dream of careers in STEM. He also wants to make sure schools have books that tell the true history of Australia's first scientists.
Helping Communities in Need
DeadlyScience does more than just send books.
- Bushfire Recovery: In 2020, after terrible bushfires, DeadlyScience helped rebuild schools by giving them new books and supplies.
- Flood Relief: When floods destroyed Telegraph Point Public School in 2021, Corey donated books to replace what was lost. He also helped Cabbage Tree Island School get a new bus after a flood in 2022.
- Supporting Families: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Corey led projects to send food, books, and learning supplies to Aboriginal families in lockdown.
Cool Projects and Partnerships
DeadlyScience has been part of some exciting events.
- In 2022, the DeadlyScience logo was featured on the McLaren Formula One cars during the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
- In 2023, Corey arranged for seven Yorta Yorta students to meet the famous Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton.
- DeadlyScience has also donated Lego to over 200 schools across Australia to make learning fun.
By October 2021, DeadlyScience had sent over 25,000 books and other STEM resources to more than 110 communities.
Awards and Recognition
Corey Tutt's hard work has been celebrated with many awards. Here are some of them:
- 2019: STEM Champion at the Indigenous STEM Awards
- 2020: NSW Young Australian of the Year
- 2020: Named a Human Rights Hero by the Australian Human Rights Commission
- 2021: Winner of the Australian Museum's Eureka Prize for STEM Inclusion
- 2022: Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
- 2022: His book, The First Scientists, won Book of the Year for Younger Children
- 2023: The First Scientists won two more awards at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards
