Trisha Broadbridge

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Trisha Broadbridge is a member of the Reach Foundation, an Australian organisation that promotes youth self-esteem. Trisha founded the Reach Broadbridge Fund]], which exists to provide for young Australians and Indonesians, in 2005, after the loss of husband Troy Broadbridge, a professional Australian Rules Football player, in the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Trisha, with help from Troy's teammates from the Melbourne Football Club returned to Phi Phi Island, where the couple were when the tsunami struck, to rebuild the Broadbridge Education Centre for children. In 2005, her book titled Beyond the Wave, about her life prior to, during and after the Tsunami, was published to wide acclaim. Trisha is the 2006 recipient of the Young Australian of the Year Award, for her work in Indonesia and with Australian youth. Trisha is now working with World Vision Australia.

Trisha was a contestant on Channel 9's Australian version of Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice, but was the first celebrity to be voted off the show. As of 2006, she is currently dating Sports Tonight presenter Ryan Phelan.

She attended Balwyn High School and Swinburne Senior Secondary College, before dropping out in year 11. She later finished her VCE and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Preceded by: Khoa Do

Young Australian of the Year 2006

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