Blog by Freja Carmichael Last week Sophia and I traveled to Yarrabah for kuril dhagun’s upcoming exhibition Jabu Birriny (land and sea). Located on the shore of Cape Grafton in Far North Queensland, Yarrabah is an Aboriginal community surrounded by tropical bush land and mountain ranges that run down to sandy beaches and coral reefs. … Read more
Thursday evening on May 4th saw the culmination of months of hard work and collaboration by the kuril dhagun team at the launch event for our latest exhibition ‘Dont Just Count Us, Let Us Count!’ In a joint effort, SLQ’s Queensland Memory team also launched their latest exhibition ‘Freedom Then, Freedom Now’. The evening took … Read more
In late March, the First 5 Forever team caught two planes, a bus and a ferry, donned traditional ‘Floral Friday’ clothes and delivered professional development ‘Island Style’. The destination was Thursday Island (otherwise known as TI), approximately 39 kilometres north of Cape York Peninsula in the Torres Strait. The workshop was one of many held around … Read more
Priscilla Blanco recently joined the team at Aurukun Shire Council as coordinator of Council’s Wik Mungkan Indigenous Knowledge Centre. From Aurukun’s Winchanam clan, Priscilla spent most of her childhood holidays in Aurukun as her grandfather, William Hudson, was a stockman who worked in the community and its outstations. Priscilla’s first day coincided with the Centre’s … Read more
The Little Ones Museum opened in Cherbourg last Thursday at the community run historical and cultural centre, The Ration Shed. kuril dhagun Manager Amanda Hayman and myself were there to help celebrate the efforts of these mini curators. Uncle Rocco Langton with some ‘little ones’ in front of their map of Cherbourg. Photo by Amanda … Read more
On Monday, 4th July 2016, Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council commenced their NAIDOC celebrations with the re-opening of the Winifred Fisher Indigenous Knowledge Centre in Cherbourg. Over 400 people celebrated the historic event which was officially opened by Ron Weatherall, Deputy Director-General on behalf of Claire O’Connor, Director-General, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. … Read more
Blog post by Amanda Hayman and Josh Kitchens State Library staff from Brisbane joined in the NAIDOC festivities at Musgrave Park Family Fun Day. This year we had an information stall. Many of our staff volunteered their time to be at the park to connect with our community. We had information sheets, children’s books and colouring-in, and for … Read more
Blog written by Josh Kitchens Cairns Staff were privileged to attend the 2015 Cairns NAIDOC Corporate Breakfast this morning. The breakfast featured deadly presentations from Dr Ernie Grant and Mrs Sonya Jeffery from Ingan Tours, and Ms Toni Ah Sam from Ochre Business Consultants and founding member of the Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network. If … Read more
Last night the fire was roaring as we kicked off our Night by the fire: Remains and repatriation series with Dale Kerwin giving us a researcher’s perspective on such an important topic. It was great to see such vibrant and diverse conversation among the group! The audience quickly got involved in the conversation … Read more
Obviously you love reading blogs since you’re reading this, unless you just love me – in that case I’m flattered, but otherwise you should check out the new Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC) blog. Read updates and learn about the people, culture, country and exciting activities happening in Indigenous communities across Queensland. IKC’s are owned, managed … Read more