Joe Williams

Joe Williams is a Wiradjuri/Wolgalu Aboriginal man from New South Wales, Australia, and a doctoral student in Indigenous Knowledge in the Indigenous Knowledge Institute at the University of Melbourne. He played in Australia’s National Rugby League for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers and Canterbury Bulldogs before becoming a champion boxer in 2009. Despite these successes, he battled crippling mental health challenges and has since won national awards for his work in suicide prevention awareness. He documented this journey in his book, Defying the Enemy Within.

Joe Williams adalah pria Aborigin Wiradjuri/Wolgalu dari New South Wales, Australia, dan mahasiswa doktoral di Indigenous Knowledge Institute di University of Melbourne. Ia pernah bermain di Liga Rugby Nasional Australia untuk South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers, dan Canterbury Bulldogs sebelum menjadi juara tinju pada tahun 2009. Meskipun telah meraih kesuksesan, ia menghadapi tantangan kesehatan mental yang berat dan sejak saat itu memenangkan penghargaan nasional untuk kerja-kerjanya dalam meningkatkan kesadaran tentang pencegahan bunuh diri. Perjalanan ini ia dokumentasikan dalam bukunya, Defying the Enemy Within.