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Deng Adut Travels from Sydney, NSW

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Deng Adut

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  • Achievements
  • Business Success
  • Education
  • Goal Setting
  • Inspirational
  • Law
  • Media
  • Motivational
  • Resilience
  • Social Responsibility


33-year-old South Sudanese child soldier-turned-Blacktown lawyer, Deng Adut moved hearts in 2015, when a short video about his life went viral. The clip, which has attracted more than 2.5 million views to date, was produced by Adut’s alma mater, Western Sydney University. 

Deng is a self-made man, a living example of Australian values such as multiculturalism and a ‘fair go’. After starting his adult life working in factories, pulling the night shift in a petrol station and catching live chickens for slaughter, Deng now holds a Master’s Degree in Law and practices as a criminal lawyer.

Deng, who was conscripted into the Sudan People’s Liberation Army at six years old, had never been to school. He came to Australia as a refugee aged 14, taught himself to read, write and speak English, and went on to win a scholarship to study law in 2005.

He now has his own law practice with offices in Sydney, Parramatta, Blacktown and Redfern, and he spends much of his free time working with disenfranchised youth and refugees. Deng gave the 2016 Australia Day address, was painted for the 2016 Archibald Prize by Nick Stathopoulos and won the People’s Choice award and Deng was recently named NSW Australian of the Year for 2017.

Deng’s book Songs of a War Boy written with Ben Mckelvey was published by Hachette Australia in November 2016.

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