The University of South Australia and its Academic Units are committed to supporting the academic success of its highest achieving Aboriginal student(s) at the competition of a bachelor’s degree.
The Tappa Tangka Manninendi is awarded annually to the Aboriginal student upon completion of any bachelor’s degree from the University of South Australia and, in the year of the award who has the highest cumulative Grade Point Average in a program leading to that degree.
Tappa Tangka Manninendi was conceived of as ‘pathways to excellence’, a motto adopted by the then Dean of Aboriginal and Islander Studies Colin Bourke. It is derived from tapa ‘pathway; road’ + tangka ‘liver’ + marnirninthi ‘getting better; improving’. The phrase tangka marnirninthi translates as ‘to alter the mind for the better; to get an appetite; show inclination for’.
| Year | Name | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Julie Tatton | Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition and Exercise) |
| 2022 | Dominic Barry | Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) |
| 2021 | Thomas Abbott | Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) |
| 2020 | Arabella Hart | Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) |
| 2019 | Rachael Nalty | Bachelor of Education |
| 2018 | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED |
| 2017 | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED |
| 2016 | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED |
| 2015 | Kim Edwards | Bachelor of Management |
| 2014 | Amanda Lynch | Bachelor of Social Work/Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Cultures & Australian Society) |
| 2013 | Amy Pfitzner | Bachelor of Visual Arts (Photography) |
| 2012 | Edoardo Crismani | Bachelor of Media Arts |
| Thomas Farren | Bachelor Engineering (Civil and Structural) (Hons) | |
| Mark Osborne | Bachelor of Arts (Aboriginal Studies) | |
| 2011 | Skye Akbar | Bachelor of Management (Hons) |
| 2010 | Bianca Chaptini | Bachelor of Marketing and Communication |
| 2009 | Jessica Tsimeris | Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) |
| 2008 | Pat Waria-Read | Bachelor of Education (Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning) |
| 2007 | NOT AWARDED | NOT AWARDED |
| 2006 | Judith Matilda Alice Felton | Bachelor of Education (Primary and Middle) (Hons) |
| 2005 | Alison Michelle Hughes | Bachelor of Applied Science (Biodiversity, Environmental and Park Management) |
| 2004 | Erin Lorna Furlong | Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) |
| 2003 | Sarah Blom | Bachelor of Early Childhood Education |
| 2002 | Natasha Sheree Ansell | Bachelor of Arts (Aboriginal Policy and Management) |
| 2001 | Eliza Marie Wilson | Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons) |
