Aboriginal Way

Nov 18 2024 170 ep. 20 mins 11

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Sharing the voices of Traditional Owners & their enduring connection to Country

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Kangaroo Island's First Ever Cultural Tour

Nov 18 2024 29 mins

The first-ever cultural tour on Kangaroo Island is now up and running. Ngarrindjeri Elder Mark Koolmatrie’s tourism company, Kool Tours has teamed up with SeaLink Kangaroo Island for the tour, which will respectfully share the unique culture and history of KI, or Nurrungaui as it is known to the Ngarrindjeri people. It’s proving to be a year of growth for Kool Tours. The compan

From the bush to Baku for COP 29

Nov 11 2024 23 mins

Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman Karina Lester has just travelled from the APY Lands to Baku, Azerbaijan for the world’s biggest climate change summit – COP 29. Along with an Indigenous Australian delegation, the traditional owner will share her community’s concerns and ideas about tackling climate change. As a second-generation nuclear test survivor, Karina will be advocating

Nunga Week 2024

Nov 04 2024 28 mins

Held in the second week of November each year, Nunga Week is an annual week of events to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities’ contributions in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield Council region. Nunga Week will be held next week, the 10-16th November this year, and AW went down to Port Adelaide to find out more about it from Rodney Welch, Aboriginal Commun

Kauwi Cultural Cruises

Oct 28 2024 13 mins

Kauwi cultural cruise is a new cultural adventure set to show you a different side of the waters off the southern coast of Kaurna Yerta. The monthly two-hour cruise is a recent collaboration between Southern Cultural Immersion and Temptations Sailing, who both saw a gap for this offering in Adelaide’s tourism market. Southern Cultural Immersion offers cultural experiences right a

Narungga burns bright

Oct 22 2024 13 mins

Narungga Nation have continued their efforts to restore traditional land management processes, holding inclusive workshops for Yorke Peninsula locals who are eager to explore the benefits of burning on Country. On September 30 and October 1 workshops were held at Ardrossan and Minlagawi Gum Flat, with Narungga fire practitioners demonstrating controlled burns on site. The Cultural

First Nations Business Showcase 2024

Oct 17 2024 19 mins

South Australia's First Nations Business Showcase is back for 2024, bigger and better than ever. AW spoke to Michael Levin from The Circle about the event.

Coding for Country

Oct 08 2024 22 mins

Pilot Indigenous coding program Indigi Code has been established for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with the hope they will be able to gain future employment and work remotely in the digital space. Indigi Code, a partnership between programming education provider 42 Adelaide and the Aboriginal Biodiversity Conservation (ABC) Foundation had its first session at

Successful Native Title Outcome for Nauo

Sep 30 2024 13 mins

Early last week, on September 23rd, the Nauo people’s final active native title application, Nauo #2, came to a successful conclusion from the Federal Court of Australia. Judge Justice O’Bryan handed down his verdict electronically from the Federal Court, giving the Nauo people native title rights and interests over the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula. Today, we’re speaki

Mayibarrdu (Goose Island) returns to Narungga Nation

Sep 24 2024 21 mins

Mayibarrdu or Goose Island, off the West Coast of the Yorke Peninsula in the Spencer Gulf of South Australia, will return to the hands of its Traditional Owners, the Narungga Nation. This is following the Federal Court’s March 2023 recognition of the Narungga people as Native Title holders of the whole of the Yorke Peninsula. The island has been leased exclusively to private sch

Thomas Mayo: Australia voted "no" - now what?

Sep 16 2024 21 mins

Many Australians, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, have felt overwhelming disappointment since Australia voted "no" in the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Nearly a year later, people are looking for a way to move forward from this. After writing the Voice to Parliament Handbook with journalist Kerry O'Brien in the lead-up to the r