Laurie Baymarrwangga, an Indigenous community leader from North East Arnhem Land, has won the Northern Territory Senior Australian of the Year award. Laurie, traditional owner of Galiwin’ku and senior custodian of Milingimbi, has also just been awarded a Special Commendation at the Northern Territory Research and Innovation Awards for her work promoting traditional language, culture […]
You only need to look at the recent success of Aboriginal opera singer Deborah Cheetham, the movie Bran Nue Dae, and chart-toppers Dan Sultan, Jessica Mauboy and Gurrumul to know Indigenous performers are making their mark on the local and international stage like never before. To help usher in our next generation of performance stars, […]
We are the students from the Year 7 Healesville High School Woiwurrung Ngulu (language) program. We are part of history in the making because we’re the first students to learn an Aboriginal ngulu as a Language Other than English (LOTE) at a high school in Victoria. Bambu (Aunty) Joy Wandin-Murphy and Bambu Doreen Garvey-Wandin are […]
Seven days, 100 students, 26 departments, 96 mps and a couple of sporting legends comprised this year’s ‘learn earn legend! Work experience with government’ program. The Program brought 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from around Australia to Canberra to see how government works. Building on the successful pilot run last year, the program […]
For Cristilee Louttit, being an Indigenous Education Ambassador is all about sharing and learning and making the most of the opportunity to be a role model for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It’s particularly important to Cristilee, given her early educational experiences. “When I went to school, there were no ambassadors or role […]
A cheap, simple meal for the whole family, ‘shakshouka’ is low in fat and rich in protein, vitamins A and C, and minerals, such as potassium and magnesium. Also called Moroccan Eggs, shakshouka is very common in North Africa and the Middle East, such as in Israel where it’s eaten for breakfast. Traditionally the eggs […]
Eggs are among the most commonly farmed foods in the history of mankind – there have been domesticated chickens in Asia, Europe and Africa for thousands of years. Packed with 11 different vitamins and minerals, high in protein and healthy omega-3 fats, eggs are portable and versatile. We can eat them poached, baked, hard-boiled and […]
The technical name for salt is sodium chloride. It is a mineral made up of sodium and chlorine – two elements that are essential for life as they regulate water levels in the body and assist with electrical signalling in the nervous system. But while we need some salt, too much has been found to […]
In this year’s New South Wales Cup rugby league Grand Final, it seemed that the Bulldogs were headed for a disappointing loss. Then, fate smiled on the young team. Miraculously, they came up with the ball with less than a minute on the clock. The footy drifted wide, finding its way to 22-year-old Jonathan Wright, […]
Little Birung is a musical song-cycle that tells the story of six generations of extraordinary Indigenous women from a North Queensland family. It opens at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane on 16 November. ‘Little Birung’ is the story of Flora Hoolihan, the 96-year-old great-grandmother of performer Megan Sarmardin. Megan, 27, already […]
At 23, David Williams speaks and carries himself with confidence and a level of professionalism well beyond his age – one of the many positive effects of having made the enormous leap to travel to the other side of the world, away from friends and family, to chase his sporting dream. In 2006, at the […]
Danila Dilba Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS), in the top end, recently had its 20th anniversary. they celebrated the younG, the old and everyone in between with a seniors’ day, a youth disco and a Gala Ball. Catering to the whole community, it is a very large service, comprising five separate buildings across different cities, with […]
Rhoda Roberts: Our guest today is none other than Kev Carmody. Kevin, we’ve heard some great feedback from the recent Kalkarindji festival that you attended, how was it for you? Kev Carmody: It was excellent, Rhoda, just the coming together of the people – if there’s such a concept of reconciliation, it was on show […]
Jesse Williams hasn’t even finished college and yet the 21-year-old Indigenous Australian from Brisbane has already played on a bigger stage, and in front of more fans than most professional sportspeople will in their lifetimes. If you haven’t heard about Jesse yet, you are sure to be hearing plenty about this 193cm, 140kg athlete in […]
When most people think of Indigenous achievement in football, they think of AFL and rugby league, but as this new book shows, it doesn’t end there. John Maynard: I think we’ve excelled in just about every sport you can point your finger at where we’ve been given a go, and soccer is one that’s sadly […]
Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has welcomed the formation of a new national voice for the health interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – the National Health Leadership Forum (NHLF). Described as a turning point towards better health for our mobs, the NHLF is part of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, […]
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