The Amie St Clair Melanoma Trust is dedicated to raising awareness of melanoma. The trust actively supports medical research and endeavours to provide better access to specialised care for the communities of the Wagga Wagga region. Amie was only 20 years old when she was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. In August 2007 she discovered a lump in her groin. She was prompt in seeking medical advice, and after an ultrasound and biopsy, was diagnosed with melanoma. There was no primary skin lesion ever found.

Over the next couple of years this unpredictable cancer appeared again and again. Amie went through numerous operations but it had spread too quickly - the surgeons could not operate as fast as it appeared. She battled long and hard for just over three years, trying every available treatment. On 9 November 2009, just one day after her 23rd birthday, Amie lost her battle with cancer.

For many people illness is a very private matter but Amie’s journey was well-documented in local media and her progress followed by the Wagga Wagga community. It had always been her wish that others learn from her story and not have to face the same fate at the hands of melanoma. The Amie St Clair Melanoma Trust has been created in her honour to educate and support Riverina families with regards to melanoma prevention and education. It was also recognised during Amie’s illness that there are limited resources and support for melanoma patients in rural areas. The trust seeks to address this by providing support for other families fighting melanoma.

In February 2020, the Amie St Clair Melanoma Trust merged with the Melanoma Institute Australia. Melanoma patients and their families throughout the Riverina region will also benefit from strengthened and sustained melanoma services with the merger of Amie St Clair and Melanoma Institute Australia. It will provide immediate benefits by doubling the level of services provided to melanoma patients in the Riverina, including increased capacity of the free melanoma nursing services, the establishment of clinical trials in Wagga Wagga, opportunities for melanoma patients within the region to contribute to MIA research, and melanoma education opportunities – both professional (GPs/Clinics) and community based through the Sun Safe Student Ambassador program.


“Amie’s death has left a void in our life, and the Amie St Clair Melanoma Trust will not fill the void, or replace Amie. However we can spread the word; educate young people about this deadly disease. We can spread the word that it’s no longer cool to have a tan, that white is in fashion so cover up. If we can save others lives then it is worth it, because other families will not have to go through the pain that we have” Annette St Clair.

This is a passion and vision that we hope this ride will assist in achieving !!!!!