Gallery: Yabun Festival 2013
On January 26, Survival Day, over 10,000 people united at Victoria Park to celebrate Yabun. Isabella Moore took this collection of images for the SSH. For more on Yabun read Ada Lee’s account here....
View ArticleLocal Hero says aim for stars, focus on process
Shane was born in Redfern, a place where many people, especially Aboriginal people, have struggled to survive. However, from his childhood, Shane was inspired by his parents to see and initiate new...
View ArticleStronger into the future – Yabun 2013
“The whole Sydney community was invited,” said Bianca Williams of Gadigal Information Service. Yabun aims “to say to the rest of the world that Aboriginal culture is surviving … We’re heading even...
View ArticleBuilding blocks for vibrant future
The development will be home to 62 affordable house dwellings for Aboriginal people, 42 units for multicultural student housing, a gymnasium, a childcare centre and community gallery. Shops and other...
View ArticleOne-stop bush tucker shop
Gamilaraay woman and Purple Goanna chairperson, Suzanne Grech, has been hard at work renovating and reorganising. Sections of the floor have been retiled, the coffee machine and counter is now situated...
View ArticleStronger Futures ‘fundamentally racist’
On February 13, the House of Representatives passed the Act of Recognition, a symbolic move to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as Australia’s first peoples. Sydney Labor MP, Tanya...
View Article‘Top-down’ policies in NT ‘destined for failure’
BROADWAY: On March 21, Labor was put under intense scrutiny – and not just for its infighting. National Close the Gap Day saw nearly 100 protesters voice their frustration over Labor’s continuation of...
View ArticleWorld first for Indigenous fashion
Ms Dargin, who is of Aboriginal and Russian descent, says she came across the idea, “When I was a beauty editor for a magazine and I realised I was the only Indigenous person working there. I’ve always...
View ArticleFashion Week at Carriageworks ‘best ever’
Indigenous comedienne Simone Saunders of Newtown modelled a dress, neck piece and scarf by Melbourne-based designer Roopa Pemmaraju. Ms Pemmaraju, who was exhibiting her collection at Mercedes-Benz...
View ArticleJarjum College opens amid hopes and concerns
Warren Mundine and Jarjum College students at the opening of the school (Photo: Esther Butcher) REDFERN: Jarjum College, a new independent Catholic school for Indigenous children, was officially opened...
View ArticleGuardian regifts to after-school carers
Robert James, Location Manager Guardian Funerals Bondi Junction, and Angela Sneddon, from Guardian Funerals Rockdale, provided technical advice and support to the crew throughout the shooting of the...
View ArticleIn the driving seat
“Driving Change is a community-led program that helps break through the barriers that some young Aboriginal people have to getting a licence, such as access to identification documents, limited...
View ArticleA conversation to have on the bus
Dr Calma and constitutional experts presented the proposed constitutional changes from positions of legal, community, and cultural consideration at The ‘C’ Word – the Challenge and Necessity of...
View ArticleTrial justice reinvestment program
“It is a national shame that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults are 15 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous adults, while Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people...
View ArticleInspiring committed and courageous men
Gamarada recently held a public forum in Glebe to raise awareness of the unmet needs of Aboriginal men in Sydney’s inner suburbs. Gamarada is known for successful community engagement and specialised...
View ArticleLoving portraits
He first started to approach people on the street on his lunch break in an attempt to locate the jelly factory where his grandmother used to work. “I never found it, but I got talking to a lot of...
View ArticleAboriginal Housing Company – 40 years and best yet to come
Forty years ago, being Aboriginal meant being discriminated against in the private rental market. When conflicts arose between Aboriginal squatters in Redfern and the local authorities, Aboriginal...
View ArticlePraise for positive youth program
A keen boxer, Superintendent Freudenstein can be found at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) gym three mornings a week, putting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth through their paces....
View ArticleMural dilemma at St Vincent’s Church
The mural was painted by parishioners in 2006, without the knowledge of the priest at the time, Father Gerry Prindiville. A longtime member of the Church, a Catholic sister, says: “The Aboriginal...
View ArticleMedley of Deadly achievers
The first part of the awards took place with the Sunset Ceremony outside the Opera House, which celebrated the best fashion designers, artists and journalists. Also awarded was an Employment category,...
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