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For generations, Narungga and Kaurna theatre maker Jacob Boehme heard his family talk about “Goolie with the gold tooth” – a kind neighbour who made curries for the children growing up on Logan Street after they left Point Pearce Mission. That childhood curiosity became Logan Street, a powerful new production … Read More

On Friday, 17 July, a dedicated First Nations hearing for the crowd-funded public inquiry into AUKUS will be held at the Event Theatre at 55 Exchange Place, Conservation Council, in Tarntanya. The hearing will provide an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to share firsthand how AUKUS and … Read More

When South Australia’s On the Right Track Remote program first began operating in the APY Lands in 2015, fewer than one in five people over the age of 16 held a learner’s permit or driver’s licence. Today, that figure has climbed to around 60 per cent across remote communities stretching … Read More

A collaborative team of modern scientists and Ngarrindjeri people with traditional knowledge have been working together on the Younghusband Peninsula soaks, which have sustained human and animal life for generations. Some of those soaks still remain today, although many have disappeared, prompting the research project to better understand what has … Read More

Over the past 18 months, Aboriginal leaders have engaged in a co-design process with the Department for Environment and Water and SANTS in efforts to guide the South Australian Framework to Advance First Nations Water Interests and deliver beneficial advice on water management for their Country. During a workshop held … Read More

The South Australian Aboriginal Land & Sea Ranger Conference was held at the Adelaide Hills Convention Centre in Hahndorf on March 23-26, bringing ranger groups and relevant bodies from across the country together for a constructive dialogue, workshops and exchange of vital knowledge. Different days of the conference had specific … Read More

The South Australian Aboriginal Land & Sea Ranger Conference was held at the Adelaide Hills Convention Centre in Hahndorf on March 23-26, bringing ranger groups and relevant bodies from across the country together for a constructive dialogue, workshops and exchange of vital knowledge. Different days of the conference had specific … Read More

Arabana, Mudbura, Gurindji and Warlpiri photographer Colleen Strangways has collected her life’s work (so far) into a remarkable series of vivid imagery on display at the Adelaide Town Hall – accompanied by a striking photography exhibit (UV Songlines: Illuminating Ancestral Roots in the nearby Paul Kelly Lane. One of Colleen’s … Read More

The Hindmarsh Island bridge dispute told by the Ngarrindjeri women who lived it. Indigenous storytelling begins and ends with land, and this story is from the Ruwe (Country) of the Ramindjeri Larkinjeri (clan) of the Ngarrindjeri Nation. Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) is a landmark new intergenerational First Nations arts project from … Read More