Avoidance relationships – don’t pick up the baby!

Yolngu have a complicated kinship structure that involves both ‘care’ and ‘avoidance’ relationshi...

Stop people in remote communities smoking – overnight!

For Aboriginal groups in North East Arnhem Land, tobacco was seen as holy, only smoked by Elders ...

Hitting rock bottom – starved of oxygen, starved of information

“When I was at school this kid came back after the holidays with a chemical sniffing way of getti...

Dictionaries only for Dominant Culture?

Many Aboriginal people are struggling in mainstream education because they do not speak English a...

How language can lead to kidney failure

Communication is the fundamental key to learning and mutual understanding, and yet when it comes ...
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