Our Staff

Dr. Angela Sutherland

Director & Veterinarian

Dr Angi is a much loved and highly regarded Veterinarian in the Central Highlands. She is a Canadian turned Australian who originally graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph in 2005. She has been leading the Maraboon Vet Group for 13 years as both Director and Head Veterinarian. Dr Angi 18 years experience both a Mixed Veterinarian (2 years) and as a Small Animal Veterinarian (16 Years), having developed a diverse skillset across Canada, American and Australia. She was a travelling locum vet and University student teacher in Australia during 2010, where she found a new place to call home (and a husband) in Emerald. Dr Angi and her husband Alec Sutherland, purchased the existing Maraboon Vet Surgery in October 2011, which was a humble 2 vet small animal clinic. Since then Dr Angi and Alec have built the Maraboon Vet Group. It is now a comprehensive animal care service with 2 Small Animal Practices (Emerald and Blackwater), 1 mobile large animal service (2 fully equipped mobile vet trucks) and the Central Highland's first Pet Resort (Emerald). They have plans to open a large animal hospital in mid 2024.

Dr Angi was missing her large animal roots as she spent her childhood growing up on a cattle and cropping property in Canada. Most of her childhood weekends were showing horses, with her very talented Mother, who was a Multi award winning Canadian Barrel Racing Champion. Dr Angi drew upon her youth and led the Maraboon Vet Group into Large Animal Practice. With a passion to bring Maraboon Vet Group's renowned customer service and modern veterinary practice to all the animals in the Central Highlands, MRVS purchased its first mobile large animal vet truck. Now offering full equine and cattle veterinary services to the extensive agricultural and livestock industries in the Central Highlands, Dr Angi's dream has come true. 

You'll find Dr Angi balancing a workload between small and large animals across the clinics. Dr Angi's areas of expertise include orthopaedics, dermatology and reproduction. She has spent the last several months recruiting talented vets to join in her dream. And numerous weeks with countless high end practises all over Australia making sure we deliver exceptional quality service and care. She is mostly excited to spend time with everyone on farm getting to know their needs.

Dr. Emily Lukas

Veterinarian

Dr Emily is a highly experienced Mixed Animal Veterinarian with a specific interest and talent in Large Animals. After graduating from the University of Queensland in 2018, Emily hit the ground running straight into a busy mixed practice in Dubbo. Here she worked for two and a half years gaining broad experience in the veterinary industry. Following on from this became a locum vet, and travelled to various mixed practices around Australia and built an impressive skillset in large animal surgery and medicine. During this time Emily followed her passions and completed her memberships and qualifications in equine dentistry. In early 2023, Dr Emily locumed at the Maraboon Vet Surgery before heading over to the UK for a mixture of travel and work. With a seed planted from Dr Angi to build the Maraboon Rural Vet Service, we were delighted that Dr Emily accepted the invitation to join the team upon her return from the UK and help build the new mobile vet service, from the ground up. Dr Emily brings a wealth of large animal knowledge and practice to MRVS and has special interests in mare reproduction, equine dentistry and all things surgery. In her spare time she enjoys gardening, reading and playing sport. We are so thrilled to have Emily on our team and bringing her exceptions talent to the area. 

Dr Indy Conway

Veterinarian

Dr Indy is one of our newest additions to the Maraboon Vet Group, joining as a Mixed Animal Veterinarian in 2023 for Maraboon Vet Surgery and Maraboon Rural Vet Services. After graduating from UQ in 2021, Dr Indy pursued her passion for Mixed Animal Practice in the Sunshine Coast Hinterlands, where she worked an incredibly diverse caseload. For two years, Dr Indy worked closely with a range of producers, from commercial dairies, studs, larger scale beef properties and hobby farms. It was here that her skillset diversified and she developed a passion for improving herd healh and productivity as well as managing the individual patient and their specific needs. Dr Indy has also completed her Equine Dentistry qualification. In 2023, Dr Indy moved to Emerald chasing the small town country life she has always been drawn to and Maraboon Rural Vet Services is lucky to have her as part of the founding team. 

Dr Ruby Price

Veterinarian

Joining our team in 2024! Dr Ruby grew up on various cattle properties across North West Queensland and has always loved working with all animals, large and small. After completing multiple placements at the Maraboon Vet Surgery during her Veterinary degree, Ruby fell in love with the clinic and the amazing team. After graduating from James Cook University in 2023, she has made the very easy decision to return to the relaxed rural lifestyle of Emerald. She has a passion for surgery and a keen interest in dermatology and preventative medicine.