Dynamic Rheumatic Heart Disease health education allows Witiyana Marika to live and star in High Ground!
“I’m tired of burying my people. I can’t keep burying young people.” Alec Doomadgee, Chair, Waanyi Native Title Aboriginal Corporation “All I do these days is attend funerals.” Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM, Senior Yolngu clan leader Following the Four…
Secret Weapon – interview with ABC!
Have a listen to Richard Trudgen’s interview with Kier Shorey from ABC Radio Cairns (on 10/12/21) about the secret weapon that can solve Covid-19 hesitation in First Nations communities. Click play to listen to the interview: Also, read Richard Trudgen’s…
Coronavirus now – vaccines and Delta
This series of 4 videos looks at how, where are coronavirus vaccines make, do vaccines make us sick, why are 2 injections required and what is delta strain?
Q&A Week 30: How do I know if Aboriginal people that I deliver cross-cultural education with actually understand?
Q88. Are there ‘taboos’ around talking to Indigenous families about other family members who have a disability or illness?
Q89. What is a song cycle?
Q90. How do I know if Aboriginal people that I deliver cross-cultural education with actually understand?
Q&A Week 29: Why don’t Aboriginal people just learn English and join the modern world?
Q85. Why don’t Aboriginal people just learn English and join the modern world? Then everything will be fine.
Q86. What are the key governance features for functional Indigenous organisations?
Q87. How do I know who are the Elders or the relevant people to talk to when I go to an Aboriginal community?
Breathing coronavirus into the lungs
This series of 4 videos looks at how coronavirus affects the lungs and lots of men are dying from COVID-19 because of their history of smoking.
Body paint is not just dress ups – it’s a form of knowledge, education, and a uniform to respect
Most societies across the world dress up for special occasions. Traditionally Aboriginal people never wore a lot of clothing and so their bodies became part of the dress up. Different paints, ochres and designs tell us a different story. The…
I can read and write but it means gobbledegook to me!
Missions used to require everybody living and working in Arnhem Land to learn Yolngu Matha language. There was one Balanda (non-Indigenous) lady renowned for learning to read and write it fluently. She would be asked to write down what Yolngu…
Broken parole or broken communication?
A Yolngu mother called our office – her son was being offered parole but had no understanding of what ‘parole’ meant. Our Yolngu co-producer, Dianne Gondarra, checked with her contacts and found that no one within the community actually understood…
Euthanasia, and controlling your own crossover
Under the original Australian Yolngu law, nobody should do anything to kill anyone else. This includes giving someone a substance or using a weapon that leads to someone’s death. This is classed as murder by Yolngu. Euthanasia has become topical…
Stopping coronavirus – social distancing and vaccines
This series of 3 videos looks at the traditional Yolŋu social distancing law, and they explore the why Yolŋu had social distancing law before germ theory. The last video also discuss the search for medicine for Coronavirus.
“All I do is attend funerals” — healing the heart of the health crisis
Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM, a senior Yolngu elder, is exhausted by the constant death rates of Yolngu people from preventable diseases in north-east Arnhem Land. “All I do these days is attend funerals,” he says. The coronavirus pandemic has opened up…
