Notable former residents of Hopevale are Queensland rugby league player Matt Bowen and lawyer and activist Noel Pearson.
In 2013 Jack appeared on the National Indigenous Television news program speaking out against the Queensland Government's decision to reverse their initial decision to cut funding to the Noel Pearson Welfare Reform Trials in the Western Cape.
On 11 May 2007, Pearson and Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough launched a new welfare scheme for Pearson's home town of Hope Vale.
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