Indigenous mentor and fundraiser, Corey Tutt, founded the school resourcing program Deadly Science.

The program acquires science resources through fundraising and sends them to remote schools around Australia.

Mr Tutt has raised more than $250,000 to purchase books and equipment, and distributed more than 20,000 books and 500 telescopes to more than 110 schools.

"It's so important now that we let kids know that science is for all, and it's accessible to them," Mr Tutt said.

"For a long time science in schools has been about Albert Einstein and the white lab coat imagery, but that isn't what it's about anymore.

"Chemistry, engineering and computer science is all around us. It connects our bluetooth device in the car and there is coding involved in everything we do.

"The NSW Young Australian award means nothing if I don't inspire the next generation to find a path - to teach them that they are smart, engaged and they have opportunities in everyday science."

Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise recently donated $10,000 to the Deadly Science program.

"The Rotary donation is huge because we can donate book packs to over 50 schools in the local catchment and books change lives," Mr Tutt said.

"Who knows who could become the next Professor Tim Flannery and a donated book could be the one to get a kid into science."

He also made a donation to Telegraph Point Public School for the purchase of new books following the devastating March floods which wiped out the classrooms.

Mr Tutt works at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney. He moved to Port Macquarie this year.

He is in the process of publishing book "The First Scientists", which features a history of Indigenous science across the last 65,000 years.

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