Aboriginal Way podcast
September 26, 2022
Unceded Seeded (Ngampa)
Unceded Seeded or Ngampa, which means yam daisy (a perennial root vegetable that is a staple food source for Kaurna)…
September 1, 2022
Can a Voice to Parliament represent all First Nations? Linda Burney answers
The Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, met with Aboriginal Way to answer important questions about an Indigenous Voice to…
August 11, 2022
InFocus: Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka Traditional Land Owners Aboriginal Corporation
InFocus is a segment where we speak to PBCs who are creating exciting social and economic developments for their Aboriginal…
August 2, 2022
Assistance for South Australian Aboriginal groups
How do Aboriginal groups reach native title status and what happens to them when they do? Today we’re speaking with…
July 19, 2022
Wild Dog
The dingo is often referred to as a pest – at least to farmers – but it is also a…
July 12, 2022
Tjindu Foundation: helping young people shine
For many Aboriginal language groups across South Australia, the word ‘tjindu’ translates to sun or sunshine, so it was the…
June 30, 2022
Kaurna Elders reflect on Wangayarta reburials
The Wangayarta Memorial Park was created specifically to rebury Kaurna ancestorial remains being returned from museums and universities. If you…
June 23, 2022
Landscape SA has released its ten-year State Landscape Strategy
South Australia’s landscape boards, peak bodies, local and state government agencies, and other landscape management stakeholders have worked together to…
June 3, 2022
Native Title 30 years on from Mabo
Today – Friday, 3 June, 2022 marks 30 years since the 1992 Mabo decision by the High Court of Australia.…
May 31, 2022
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags fly at Government House permanently
“I wanted to make the flagpoles visible to members of the public walking past Government House so they’re able to…
May 24, 2022
iDreaming TV
iDreaming tv is a South Australian Indigenous screen and new media arts organisation which has just launched a brand new…
May 17, 2022
Kyam Maher – South Australia’s first Aboriginal Attorney-General and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Last week, Aboriginal Way sat down with South Australia’s first Aboriginal Attorney-General and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, the Honourable Kyam…
May 10, 2022
Southern Cultural Immersion
Recently, Aboriginal Way took a trip to Warraparinga to drop into the Living Kaurna Cultural Centre, run by Southern Cultural…
April 29, 2022
What’s happening at the 2022 AIATSIS Summit
This year the AIATSIS Summit is being convened in partnership with Queensland South Native Title Services and hosted by the…
April 29, 2022
All that’s Left is the Rusted Tin
“What I really like about largescale work is that it’s a way of reminding non-Aboriginal people that we’re still here…
April 12, 2022
Ngarrindjeri Language and Culture in Riverland school
“We were slowly trying to get something in the curriculum that involved Aboriginal culture, and our best way in was…
April 5, 2022
Aboriginal Languages in Education
Did you know that a lot of kids in schools across Australia are learning an Aboriginal language local to their…
March 30, 2022
Mapping colonial violence against Aboriginal people in SA
A digital map will share sites in South Australia where colonial violence took place against Aboriginal people in the 1800s.…
March 15, 2022
SA Aboriginal rangers need more funding
Unlike most states, the South Australia Government does not fund Aboriginal rangers directly. Country Needs People started a petition to…
February 22, 2022
Contemporary circus work: Common Dissonance
Common Dissonance is the only all-Indigenous circus performance at this year’s Adelaide Fringe. Wakka Wakka person Harley Mann is the…
February 11, 2022
Reconciliation SA’s National Apology film
February 13 is the anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations delivered by former prime minister Kevin Rudd…
February 7, 2022
RAWsa: award-winning civil contractor
RAWsa is a 100% Aboriginal-owned and managed company providing civil construction, traffic management, and cultural heritage services. The group was…
January 27, 2022
Survival Day march 2022
Natasha Wanganeen spoke to us about organising the Survival Day march at Tarntanyangga, the 50th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent…
December 13, 2021
Kaurna ancestral remains laid to rest at Wangayarta Memorial Park
More than 100 Aboriginal remains stored at the South Australian Museum were reburied at Kaurna Wangayarta Smithfield Memorial Park this…
December 2, 2021
Aboriginal Language Interpreting Service
A new service by the Department of Human Services (DHS) will connect Aboriginal people with limited English skills to interpreters…
November 23, 2021
Immersion: 360-degree storytelling experience
Immersion is a 360-degree experience educating audiences about the significance of water to South Australia. Virtual reality technology allows you…
November 16, 2021
Indigenous Youth Mobility Pathways Project
Since 2006, Indigenous Youth Mobility Pathways Project has helped high school leavers from remote communities start their tertiary education journey.…
November 8, 2021
Turkindi Expo 2021
Turkindi Expo 2021 Turkindi is a Kaurna word that means coming together and sharing information. For 21 years, the service…
November 1, 2021
Aboriginal Children’s Commissioner reflects on first term
Aboriginal Children’s Commissioner reflects on first term April Lawrie was appointed South Australia’s first Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young…
October 21, 2021
40 years of the APY Lands Act
40 years of the APY Lands Act Forty years on, the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 remains unprecedented…
October 14, 2021
Accessing Country using virtual reality
Accessing Country using virtual reality A virtual reality film is helping people access Country from hundreds of kilometres away. The…
October 5, 2021
Carer Les Wanganeen wins SA Child Protection Award
Welcome back to Aboriginal Way, brought to you by SA Native Title Services. Narungga and Kaurna man, Les Wanganeen won…
September 17, 2021
Funding boost for APY Rangers secures future of black-footed rock-wallaby
Welcome back to Aboriginal Way, brought to you by South Australian Native Title Services. Only 80 years ago, the black-footed…
September 10, 2021
Connect with Country at Nature Festival
Welcome back to Aboriginal Way, brought to you by South Australian Native Title Services. Spring is the perfect time of…
September 3, 2021
Join the State Records & State Library Aboriginal Reference Group
Welcome back to Aboriginal Way brought to you by South Australian Native Title Services. This week we speak to State…
August 23, 2021
South Australia’s new Close the Gap plan
Welcome back to Aboriginal Way brought to you by South Australian Native Title Services. This week we speak to South…
July 22, 2021
Yuwallarai journalist Kirstie Parker
Welcome back to Aboriginal Way brought to you by South Australian Native Title Services. We speak to Yuwallarai woman Kirstie…
July 16, 2021
Kalkadunga didgeridoo player William Barton
Welcome back to Aboriginal Way brought to you by South Australian Native Title Services. This week we speak to Kalkadunga…
July 6, 2021
Southern Deadly Yarns season 2: Blackfulla Bookclub
Aboriginal Way is proud to share an episode from the award-winning series Southern Deadly Yarns season 2 by Neporendi Aboriginal…
June 24, 2021
Bicultural business with AIATSIS CEO Craig Ritchie
During Reconciliation Week 2021, Aboriginal Way attended the first AIATSIS Summit at the Adelaide Convention Centre. This was a combination…
June 10, 2021
‘Sorry and Beyond: Healing the Stolen Generations’ with Brian Butler – Part 1 & 2
Hear about Brian Butler’s lifelong devotion to healing the harm caused by the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
May 20, 2021
Kaurna cultural burn makes history
Tuthangga (Park 17) Adelaide was the site of the first cultural burn in an Australian capital city and the first…
May 13, 2021
Mick Starkey: culture and science go together
SA Native Title Services is the publisher of Aboriginal Way – we assist Aboriginal people in South Australia to gain…
May 3, 2021
Aerosol and Tattoo Artist: Shane Mankitya Cook
Shane Mankitya Cook is a Wulli Wulli and Guwa descendant from Queensland. He was adopted by the Kaurna community in…
April 27, 2021
Mali Isabel is making her art empire
Meet Mali Isabel, an Arabana and Kokatha artist making a name for herself on Kaurna land. The 21-year old was a successful applicant of a year-long…
April 13, 2021
Legacy: Reflections on Mabo exhibition
It’s South Australia’s turn to see the Legacy: Reflections on Mabo exhibition which has been showcased at art galleries across…
April 9, 2021
Gina Rings: Directing the first Aboriginal dance work for babies
Gina Rings is an award winning choreographer and dancer with over 30 years’ experience in the arts. Hailing from the…
March 23, 2021
Tika Tirka (Stay & Learn): Indigenous student accommodation
Tika Tirka means to stay and learn in Kaurna language, and that’s exactly what Indigenous students from regional communities are…
March 16, 2021
Tanya Hosch: How to better Australians
South Australian of the Year finalist, Tanya Hosch, says racism is the nation’s unfinished business and talking about it will…
March 10, 2021
Warndu: Start cooking with native Australian ingredients
Warndu is an Indigenous-owned company that makes products with wild harvested Australian native ingredients. Founders Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan,…
March 1, 2021
MRLN X RKM ready for WOMADelaide with Midnight Oil
WOMADelaide has announced a new music development initiative for emerging First Nations artists, in collaboration with the City of Playford’s…
February 22, 2021
Loving Country with Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou – Pt 2
Part 2 This week, we’re bringing you the second part in a two-part series about the newly published book, Loving…
February 15, 2021
Loving Country with Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou – P1 1
Part 1 Over the next two weeks, we’ll be bringing you another two-part series. This short series is a conversation…
February 8, 2021
Nuclear weapons ban treaty: will Australia sign?
Our guest on Aboriginal Way this week is anti-nuclear activist Karina Lester. Karina is a Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman who grew…
February 1, 2021
Anthropology + Native Title Pt 2
This week you’ll hear the second part of our interview with senior anthropologist Robert Graham. Listen in as he continues…
January 25, 2021
Anthropology & Native Title
Understanding how vital anthropology is to native title claims PART 1 of 2 South Australian Native Title Services employs a…
January 18, 2021
Could drilling in Lake Torrens be South Australia’s version of the Juukan Gorge tragedy?
Drilling in Lake Torrens will go ahead by minerals exploration company Kelaray, a subsidiary of Argonaut Resources early this year,…
January 8, 2021
How to improve Aboriginal women’s heart health
Research led by University of South Australia PhD candidate Katharine McBride has found what makes the heart strong for Aboriginal…
January 6, 2021
Lake Torrens – South Australia’s Juukan Gorge?
MEDIA RELEASE January 6, 2021 Drilling will go ahead early this year on Lake Torrens after approval was granted by…
December 23, 2020
Merry Christmas from South Australian Native Title Services!
Thank you for all your support over 2020. Our team are taking a break over the Christmas period and will…
December 21, 2020
After Native Title… Spotlight on Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation
Three years on from determination, the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation is thriving as it builds sustainable partnerships with regional councils and…
December 14, 2020
Remnants of Yalata’s Aboriginal History Preserved
Remnants of Aboriginal history from the community of Yalata on South Australia’s Far West Coast will be preserved by a…
December 7, 2020
New Documentary about Faith Thomas AM (née Coultard)
Have you heard of Faith Thomas AM (née Coultard)? The Adnyamathanha woman who was born at the Nepabunna Aboriginal Mission…
November 30, 2020
Archie Roach in Southern Deadly Yarns
You might have heard of the recent Southern Deadly Yarns series by Neporendi Aboriginal Forum Inc. and Onkaparinga Libraries, which…
November 19, 2020
Share the Dignity with women in remote Indigenous communities
When Rochelle Courtenay first learnt of women experiencing homelessness going without basic sanitary items, she decided the question was not,…
November 12, 2020
NAIDOC SA Awards 2020 podcast
The recipients of the South Australian NAIDOC awards for 2020 were announced at a ceremony at the Adelaide Town Hall…
November 10, 2020
50 Words Project
If you want to learn how to say a word in another language, where do you go first to find…
November 9, 2020
NAIDOC SA Award Recipients 2020
Always Was, Always Will Be The 13 recipients of the 2020 NAIDOC SA Awards were announced in a ceremony on…
November 5, 2020
South Road Sculptures
A new installation of sculptures celebrating Kaurna culture has been installed to sit proudly on the corner of the South…
November 4, 2020
Oodnadatta Overlap Trial update
The Oodnadatta overlap proceedings between the Arabana and the Walka Wani that began on Country in Oodnadatta, Alice Springs and…
November 3, 2020
NAIDOC Week 2020 events
Always Was, Always Will Be The theme of NAIDOC Week this year, Always Was, Always Will Be, recognises that First…
November 2, 2020
Toolbox Yarns
While the former Royal Adelaide Hospital site is a hub for the wide range of entrepreneurs and the emerging future…
October 28, 2020
Have your say on SA’s Road Safety Strategy
The South Australian Government is developing a new strategy for the next ten years: South Australia’s Road Safety Strategy to…
October 23, 2020
Patricia Clarke for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and one of Cancer Council SA’s Aboriginal Ambassadors, Patricia Clarke, is sharing her story to…
October 16, 2020
Tarnanthi: honouring shared knowledge from generations of women
Like many events this year, Tarnanthi has had to meet the challenges, uncertainty and closed borders that have come hand…
October 9, 2020
‘Atnwengerrp – Our Apmere, Our Place’ at Tandanya
A new exhibition has opened at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute that takes audiences full circle from the first exhibition…
October 6, 2020
Innes National Park namechange
Innes National Park Name Change to Dhilba Guuranda – Innes National Park and Under New Co-Management Board Innes National Park…
September 28, 2020
Free The Flag
Originally designed for the land rights movement in 1971, the Aboriginal flag has come to represent Aboriginal People Australia-wide since…
September 22, 2020
Raise The Age
There’s been a growing movement for some time to lift Australia’s minimum age of criminal responsibility from just 10 years…
September 14, 2020
Our Stories
Take a seat around the virtual campfire and listen to Senior Kuarna man Uncle Mickey O’Brien, Ngarrindjeri Elder Stephanie Gollan…
September 7, 2020
Indigenous Jobs In SA’s Seafood Industry
“You can see it as an opportunity for him – sure. But I saw it as a fantastic opportunity for…
August 31, 2020
Indigenous Literacy Day
Wednesday, 2nd September is Indigenous Literacy Day, a celebration of Indigenous culture, stories, language and literacy, but also a reminder…
August 24, 2020
Meet Breaking Ground Winner, Juanella McKenzie
Juanella McKenzie sold her first painting to a Dutch tourist at the Old Ghan Restaurant in Hawker when she was…
March 13, 2020
Allan Sumner On Returning Old People
Recently Kaurna community members respectfully reburied the remains of ancestors disturbed during the construction of the Northern Connector and other…
February 28, 2020
Tessa Rose On Growing Up With Foster Families
Tessa Rose is an actor who regularly appears on stage and screen across Australia, she’s had roles in ‘Top End…
February 24, 2020
Community Together For The Apology Anniversary
Today we join the community in marking the twelfth anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generation. The 13th…
January 30, 2020
First Nations Hub At Tandanya For Adelaide Fringe 2020
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and is marking the achievement with a big focus…
January 24, 2020
Act Now With Nathan May
Since 2014 Reconciliation South Australia and ActNow Theatre have delivered a program called Generation of Change, designed to give school…
December 19, 2019
Aboriginal Screen Storytelling In Demand
The new CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) says the organisation will maintain its strong commitment to Aboriginal…
October 24, 2019
Blood Money Exchange & Collaborative Car Wrecks At Tarnanthi
On this program, join us at the launch of Tarnanthi 2019, the national festival of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
October 18, 2019
Kurruru Arts Has A New Home
Kurruru Arts and Cultural Hub is entering a new era and direction, sharing a new space with Kura Yerlo Inc.…
October 12, 2019
Roger Thomas On Aboriginal Engagement
Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement Roger Thomas is leading a State-wide consultation to seek the views of Aboriginal South Australians on…
August 22, 2019
Shona Reid On Reconciliation In SA
On the show this week we speak to Executive Director of Reconciliation South Australia Shona Read about her time at…
August 16, 2019
Elizabeth Close On Our Mob
On Aboriginal Way radio this week, we hear about a huge exhibition of art by First Nations South Australian artists…
August 8, 2019
Keith Thomas On Native Title In SA
60% of the state of South Australia now has native title resolved, with remaining claims progressing rapidly through the Federal…
July 26, 2019
Jeffrey Newchurch On Reburial
On this program we speak to Kaurna Elder Jeffrey Newchurch on the return of eleven Kaurna old people to be…
July 18, 2019
Rikki Milera-Wilson On Getting Active
On this show, hear from an inspiring young woman who wants to create opportunities for people in her community to…
July 12, 2019
Lester Irabinna Rigney On Children’s Voices In Treaty
On today’s program, we speak to Professor Lester Irabinna Rigney after a forum held at SAHMRI on the theme of…
July 5, 2019
Learning Language On Country
On the program this week we hear from Arabana woman Dr Veronica Arbon and linguist Eleanor McCall about two language…
June 27, 2019
Dylan Clarke On Treaty In Victoria
On Aboriginal Way radio this week, we hear from Dylan Clarke, Chairperson of the Barengi Gadjin Land Council which represents…
June 20, 2019
Nukunu Native Title Determination
23 years after they lodged their claim, Nukunu people this week finally witnessed the Federal Court recognising their native title…
June 13, 2019
Jamie Lowe Realising The Promise
In this week’s program we hear from the Chair of the National Native Title Council speaking at the 2019 Native…
June 6, 2019
Douglas Clinch On Diabetes Stories
On the program this week, we hear about work being done to find better ways of dealing with one of…
May 31, 2019
Paul Herzich Aboriginal Landscape Design
On this week’s program we hear from Paul Herzich, a Ngarrinjeri and Kaurna man who is an Adelaide based contemporary…
May 22, 2019
Joe Williams Defying The Enemy Within
On the program this week, we speak to a Wiradjuri man who is brave in every sense of the word.…
April 29, 2019
Next Stage For Aboriginal Families Study In SA
The Aboriginal Families Study is a research study that invited 344 women from across South Australia to talk about their…
April 17, 2019
Telling The Stories Of SA Aboriginal Vietnam Veterans
On Aboriginal Way this week, Kaliah Alice finds out about the VIETNAM, ONE IN ALL IN exhibition, which shares the…
April 11, 2019
Jaky Troy On Indigenous Languages
The Royal Australian Mint has launched a new 50 cent coin into circulation, designed to mark the United Nations General…
March 28, 2019
Sageran Naidoo On Closing The Gap
On this program a chat about the importance of bringing community and health care providers together in a social way…
March 21, 2019
Schania Ceegan On Closing The Gap
This week we mark Closing the Gap day, a day created by community organisations and individuals that aims to close…
March 7, 2019
John Hill Independent Assessor Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme
Just over three hundred people who were taken from their families as children by South Australian authorities have now been…
March 1, 2019
June Oscar Social Justice Commissioner On Women’s Perspectives
In June this year Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar will present a report on the ideas and perspectives of Aboriginal…
February 22, 2019
Reflections On The SA Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme
Recently the SA Premier and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Steven Marshall released the final report of the South Australian Stolen…
February 15, 2019
Brad Bara From Mambali A Long Way From Home
Kaliah chats to Brad Bara from Mambali, a young and exciting emerging force from Numbulwar – a remote coastal community…
February 8, 2019
A Personal Story Of Intergenerational Child Removal
This week Lucy speaks to Courtney Hunter Hebberman at a meeting held in Adelaide held to discuss child protection reform.…
February 1, 2019
Survival Day 2019
On 26 January 2019, a large crowd gathered at Semaphore Foreshore to celebrate Aboriginal culture and survival. Kaliah Alice speaks…
September 4, 2018
Memories Of Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia
“I didn’t know I was black till I was seven years old.I didn’t know that people would eventually cross the…
June 22, 2018
Mixing Culture And Commerce, Science And Tradition In The Kimberley
Traditional owners of the area around the popular tourist town of Broome in northern Western Australia are drawing on their…
May 10, 2018
PhD Research Reveals Real Stolen Generations Story
Recently Jennifer Caruso, an Arrente woman and Survivor of the Stolen Generations graduated from the University of Adelaide with a…
October 29, 2017
Students Find Their Way On The Kokoda Track
A group of high school students who walked the gruelling Kokoda track recently discovered the untold stories of eleven South…
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