A whole town benefitting from Ryan’s CDP handiwork
StoryRyan Johnston recently entered the Australian Government’s Community Development Programme (CDP) as an unemployed man with few qualifications. As part of his CDP activities, Ryan started training in woodwork, found he had an aptitude for it and has built some furniture for a local grandmother and some easels for the Karratha library.
ORIC Spotlight On: Taking care of elders, past and future
StoryKaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC works for Kaurna in the Tarntanya (Adelaide) community, to care for all their elders and to involve all Australians in their healing.
Meeting in New York to support Indigenous cultures
StoryElijah Douglas from Doomadgee recently travelled to New York city to share his experience of teaching and preserving his Aboriginal culture with other Indigenous leaders from around the world at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
This Place - Artist Series - Ken Thaiday Snr
StoryKen Thaiday Snr is a Torres Strait Island artist renowned for his dance headdresses.
Kenisha Gurala Gumbula to become first Yolngu Lawyer
StoryOn completion of her degree, Kenisha Gurala Gumbala from Galiwin’ku, will become the first qualified Yolngu lawyer.