This is the second episode of a special two-part episode with Torres Strait Islander Leader, Uncle Charles Passi. Uncle has deep insight into sharing his ideas around Healing, Country, Freedom and Truth Telling. We touch on so many topics, covering National Reconciliation, National Sorry Day, Mabo, Native Title, Referendum and so much more. We touched…
This is the first episode of a special two-part episode with Torres Strait Islander Leader, Uncle Charles Passi. Uncle has deep insight into sharing his ideas around Healing, Country, Freedom and Truth Telling.
Since the early 20th century archaeologists could show that Australia was criss-crossed by Aboriginal trade routes. For Isabel McBryde – ‘the mother of Australian archaeology’ – these Aboriginal trade networks were ‘among the world’s most extensive systems of human communication recorded in ‘hunter-gatherer’* societies’. Goods and people travelled vast distances: the Dieri people, east of…
Songify Your Day This singing and song-writing pilot project provided an exciting opportunity for 2 local musicians,Greg Dodge and Mira Chorik, to support and collaborate with Council’s Community Developmentteam, The University of Queensland School of Music, and the Community Action for a MulticulturalSociety (CAMS) program. Delivered in April, the project aims to better understand the…
By Jack Latimore – In this SMH article If you followed the last year’s Black Lives Matter uprisings, you will have noticed the word Blak being used by writers and commentators in Australia. Perhaps you dismissed it as a spelling error, or just considered it a bit of a head-scratcher until the next curio snagged…
Wunyungar – Alwyn Doolan’s, Gooreng Gooreng and Wakka Wakka man, three Message Sticks represent Creation, Colonisation and Healing. He has walked through 50 First Nations across the land, so called Australia, to create these three Message Sticks. This video is a statement and story for all those who wish to know more. He set off…
Natalie Lazaroo is a Kristang (creole ethnic group of mixed Portuguese and Malaccan descent) woman originally from Singapore, where growing up Kristang was a constant negotiation of identity, culture, and place, especially as an ethnic minority group.
Greg had the pleasure to interview Byron Bay singer, ukulele strummer and drummer Bobby Alu as the kick off for 2022.
Pic: Ed Sheeran performs at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, wearing an Aboriginal flag t-shirt. Source: WireImage OPINION: How do you cross that invisible line that takes you from being in the Aboriginal ‘good books’ to being on the s**t list?, writes Summer May Finlay – article from NITV How can non-Indigenous people be a useful ally to…