Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander History

11/12/2023

Jasmine Coe is honouring Country, culture and her famous father Paul with the first Aboriginal-owned art gallery in the UK. READ MORE: https://bit.ly/3RhNqMn

11/12/2023

10/12/2023

10/12/2023

🔥🔥Congratulations to Mr Bob (Seriba) Lui, awarded the 2023 Torres Strait NAIDOC Sports Person of the Year Award.

🎯Bob Lui is a proud Torres Strait Islander from Iama Torres Strait. Bob started playing darts in the local comp at Iama and surrounding central islands.

🎯Bob joined the local Cairns Dart Competition, excelled and moved up into the QRI Dart Tournament and later played for Townsville.

🎯Bob now represents Queensland QRI (Statewide) as the Queensland Rep in the Dart Tournaments.

🎯Bob’s journey and triumphs show that with self-belief and opportunity, from little things big things grow.

What an awesome achievement, keep up the great performance Bob👍

07/12/2023

First Nations culture will take centre stage at Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks with a smoking ceremony, spectacular Calling Country pyrotechnics show and celebration of Indigenous voice...

07/12/2023

06/12/2023

06/12/2023

KACHS provides truth telling and history lessons with Aunty Pam & Uncle Bob young senior both Stolen Generation Survivors. Contact today to book.

03/12/2023

Wakka Wakka man Calab Law hopes of “being the best” in Australian athletics could become reality at the 2023 Pacific Games. READ MORE: https://bit.ly/49FCY9w

03/12/2023

02/12/2023

30/11/2023

In the lead-up to Christmas, we have a (chocolate-free!) calendar to revise and practise some simple Gamilaraay words and phrases in classrooms or families.
Designed to be printed in A3, and includes sound files from a variety of sources. Can be downloaded from the Winanga-Li website: www.winanga-li.org.au/yaama-gamilaraay

29/11/2023

28/11/2023

27/11/2023

Celebrations after DanceRites 2023 at Sydney Opera House foreshore

27/11/2023

27/11/2023

Koori Mail Building On Widjabal country Lismore after the flood. The first floor is now and events space with a cafe coming. It’s so fantastic inside!! Was at a panel discussion as part of FLOW there last night. It’s on again tonight at 6pm

26/11/2023

❗️Mudgin-gal’s women’s festival❗️

EVERYONE is invited … keep a lookout for our updates on entertainment, workshops and activities ❤️

25/11/2023

Gurray is a first-of-its-kind Indigenous language keyboard app.
As you type in English, Gurray can translate your text into 7 Indigenous Australian languages in real time! 📲
Gurray is free to download for iPhone and Android

Learn more about Gurray here: https://bit.ly/3QFpYIt
WCC Language Program

25/11/2023

The only player to represent Australian Schoolboys three times?

Owen Craigie, aged 16 in this picture.

Danny Buderus, a 1995 Australian Schoolboys teammate who also played with Craigie at the Newcastle Knights, called him: “The most freakish talent I came across in my junior days.”

The list of players who represented twice is much longer, filled with notable names.

🏉 The honour roll of Australian Schoolboys rugby league representatives is remarkable for who’s there, who isn’t, and for who was outstanding at the time. Here is every player, from 1972 to now 🏉

FULL LIST: bit.ly/3SRFUu0

25/11/2023

21/11/2023

🥊A rising teenage boxing sensation has become the first Indigenous boxer to train in Egypt, revealing she wants to become a pioneer for women in the sport. 📌 Keep reading: https://tinyurl.com/re7c9xf4