Did you know that the incidence of dementia is five times higher in Indigenous communities than the rest of the population? Thankfully, awareness about dementia is growing all the time, with new resources also being developed to assist people caring for those with the illness. One such resource is a new book developed by the […]
There is some great indigenous music coming out of Australia’s top end these days, and the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) are here to celebrate it. The NIMAs have been running for eight years, and this year they are broadening their base to include the three national categories of Best Act, Best Album and Best […]
The 2011 Deadly Awards will be hosted by two of Australia’s brightest and well-known stars, television actor Aaron Pedersen and singer/songwriter Casey Donovan. The Deadly duo are both past Deadly Award winners and role models for Indigenous people and the wider Australian society through their work on Australian stage and screen, and as advocates within […]
Twice ARIA nominated band Coloured Stone are hitting the road to support their 11th studio album “Beautiful World” produced by Niall Anderson. Coloured Stone have graced the Stage at The Big Day Out & Woodford Folk Festival and recently performed at MCG along with Yung Warriors as a part of the annual Dreamtime Game in […]
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Shellie Morris and the Yanyuwa Singers will provide a spectacular cultural opening to this year’s Deadly Awards. The group will be performing two songs in language from Shellie’s new album, Together We Are Strong – or Ngambala wiji Li-Wunungu in Yanyuwa language. “The Yanyuwa Singers have been singing traditional songs since they were […]
Nominations are open for the 2011 Human Rights Awards and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda is urging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to nominate. Commissioner Gooda said nominations would only be accepted up until Friday, 9 September. “The annual Human Rights Awards provides one of the best ways to […]
Some great performers including Hip Hop stars The Street Warriors will take the stage when the Vibe Alive festival returns to Moree on 31 August – 1 September at Taylor Oval, Albert St, Moree. Vibe Alive is a fun, two day festival for young Australians of all backgrounds that celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
Some great performers including Hip Hop stars The Street Warriors will take the stage when the Vibe Alive festival returns to Port Augusta on 24-25 August at Central Oval, Augusta Terrace, Port Augusta, SA. Vibe Alive is a fun, two day festival for young Australians of all backgrounds that celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
On the Edge – NITV The reality series ‘On the Edge’ is about life growing up as an Indigenous teen in Sydney’s western suburbs. It is a tell-all 13-part series filmed among the fringes of public housing where a group of teens and their families open up to allow Australian audiences into their homes. Under […]
Craig Bloxsome, Therapeutic Residential Care Program, Anglicare Tasmania Craig Bloxsome has a long history of supporting his community and promoting health and wellbeing among Aboriginal people, particularly helping to steer young people away from potential bad influences and towards positive activities. Craig worked for many years at Nowra, NSW, where he ran a surf-lifesaving program […]
Brian Dowd – Black on Track-NSW Brian Dowd and ‘Black on Track’ is all about creating opportunities for all Indigenous Australians to identify, accept and self-heal by taking responsibility for their life choices, and becoming empowered through self-worth. Black on Track works closely in communities with such organisations as Mission Australia, FaHCSIA and Joblink Plus, […]
Rarriwuy Hick – Wrong Skin (play) Rarriwuy Hick, one of the performers of ‘The Chooky Dancers’ is a natural born dancer and actor. Rarriwuy recently performed in a play directed by Nigel Jamieson, Ngurrumilmarrmiriyu (Wrong Skin), a mixture of hip-hop dance, traditional Aboriginal dance and West Side Story-type choreography, which tells the story of two […]
Shifting Shelter 4 Acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Sen follows the lives of four young Aboriginal people in rural northwest NSW. This is the fourth instalment in the lives of Cindy, Danielle, Ben and Willie. Shifting Shelter 4 is a powerfully poignant insight into the lives of these four characters, who all have children now and are […]
The Western Desert Kidney Health Project – WA Launched in October 2010 in Kalgoorlie, the Western Desert Kidney Health Project is an exciting and unique health and arts project, designed and implemented by the Aboriginal people of the Goldfields and Western Desert in WA with Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Corporation, the Rural Clinical School of WA, […]
Barbara Tapsell – Aboriginal & Islander Education Worker, Darwin High School NT Barbara Tapsell is an inspirational Larrakia and Tiwi woman who has worked tirelessly to empower Aboriginal people through education programs and support for almost 20 years. Barbara is an Aboriginal Education Worker at Darwin High School as well as a Director of the […]
Bernard Namok Jnr – Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting-NT After starting work as a volunteer at Radio 4MW (Torres Strait Islander Media Association), in 2008, Bernard Nakok Jnr was offered a job in Maningrida in West Arnhem Land as the RIBS operator while doing his Diploma in Radio Broadcasting. He won a Koori Mail Scholarship […]
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