Today show entertainment reporter, Brooke Boney, 31, made history when she became the first Indigenous person to join a commercial breakfast team in January.
But the journey to success hasn't always been smooth-sailing for the former Triple J newsreader.
Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald on Sunday, Brooke, who is a Gamilaroi Gomeroi woman from Muswellbrook, NSW, recalled her earliest memories of racism - which she faced as a child.
Shcoking: Brooke Boney, who is a Gamilaroi Gomeroi woman from Muswellbrook, NSW, has recalled her earliest memories of racism - which she faced as a child
'One guy at school called me the n-word and slammed me against a wall. Which is funny, right, because I'm the most caramel-coloured Aboriginal person you'd ever meet!' she said.
'I remember the principal telling me, 'Look, we know this guy is a troublemaker, but would you mind just dropping it.' '
'And that's what I did. I don't think they were being malicious or anything; the school just really didn't know how to deal with it. It was easier to pretend it didn't happen.'
The shocking incident would later motivate Brooke to become a journalist and inspire others in the Indigenous community.
'The best sort of change happens naturally': It comes after Brooke said that her addition to morning TV is a sign of more inclusive and progressive changes that are to come in the Australian media
'...If you've never even seen someone finish school, or you don't have that space to study and go through those processes that other kids do, you just don't know how to do it,' she said of Indigenous children.
It comes after Brooke said that her addition to morning TV is a sign of more inclusive and
