Q&A Week 6: Why won’t Aboriginal kids go to school?
Q16. Are Aboriginal people bad at school because they didn’t have their own education system traditionally?
Q17. How do you achieve education and capacity building with individuals and families in Aboriginal communities?
Q18. Why won’t Aboriginal kids go to school? How can they expect to get ahead?
COVID-19 or coronavirus? Are there two diseases?
This series of 4 videos looks at the meaning of coronavirus and COVID-19. Many Yolŋu people are confused because two names are being used in the media: coronavirus and COVID-19.
Q&A Week 5: Why do many Aboriginal people eat such poor food?
Q13. What is the Yolŋu concept of illness and disease?
Q14. Why do many remote Aboriginal people eat such poor food that affects their health? How can this be changed?
Q15. What’s your opinion on how long consultation should taken when government or corporations are working with Aboriginal people?
Where did coronavirus come from?
This series of 3 videos looks at where coronavirus came from and how it was transferred from animals to humans.
Navigating COVID-19 when you don’t understand English
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24:03:2020 Aboriginal communities in North-East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory are urgently looking for information about COVID-19 in a language they can understand. Thousands of Yolngu people in this region speak English as…
The first 4 Covid 19 Videos in Yolngu Matha
This series of 4 videos shares information about the coronavirus as it is updated, including its spread and how to manage it.
Q&A Week 4: Aren’t Aboriginal languages very basic?
Q10. After all the millions of dollars spent on Aboriginal health and education why haven’t the problems facing Indigenous people today been solved?
Q11. Aren’t Aboriginal languages very basic, with no real grammar system?
Q.12. Weren’t Aborginal people just hunter gatherers, wandering around to find food?
Q&A Week 3; “How many times do we have to say sorry to Aboriginal people?”
Q7. “I know that a lot of really terrible things happened, but how many times do we have to say sorry to Aboriginal people?”.
Q.8 “What advice would you give to a mainstream teacher who is working with English second language people like Yolngu? ” Part 1
Q.9 “What advice would you give to a mainstream teacher who is working with English second language people like Yolngu? ” Part 2
Q&A Week 2 Aboriginal peoples use of fire.
Q4. How did Aboriginal people use fire to look after the land?
Q.5 Are traditional methods and knowledge being passed on from Aboriginal Elders to young people?
Q6. What are Aboriginal community values and how do they differ from mainstream values?
Week 1. Aboriginal people primitive?
Q1. “Aboriginal people were so primitive they didn’t even invent the wheel”. Well, who did? Q.2 There are lots of skill-based programs rolled out into Aboriginal communities. But what skills are really needed? Q.3 What can an employer do to help…
My Yolngu World; how structure brings harmony
This speech was delivered to Warramiri Cosmology Conference at Charles Darwin University by Dianne Biritjalawuy Gondarra on 21st February 2019. It was translated into English by Richard Trudgen Image by Wayne Quilliam ** Thank you,…
Help create direct change for Yolngu – and for yourself
How often do you get to invest in your own health and positively impact the lives of Yolngu people in Arnhem Land at the same time? Here’s an opportunity for you to directly contribute to closing the Gap.…
