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December 2012 volume 2. number 3.
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Milpirri p.12 Wallace Rockhole races p.14 New Government p.3
ISSN 1839-5279
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2.
News
Education top priority for
new Chief Minister
The Northern Terri- It is un-
tory’s new Chief Minister likely that
Terry Mills flew to Finke the shires
recently to meet with CLC will be
delegates as part of an in- changed
troduction to his new gov- within a
ernment. year.
Mr Mills was accom- Mr Mills
panied by the member said educa-
for Braitling, Adam Giles tion was a
who is now the new Min- high prior-
ister for Local Govern- ity for him,
ment, Minister for Infra- as a former
structure and Minister teacher.
for Transport. He sent a
Mills and Giles an- strong mes-
swered a number of ques- sage that it
tions from CLC members, was up to
who were mostly con- Aboriginal
cerned about funding and people to get
resources for outstations their kids
and getting rid of the un- to school,
popular shires. that parents
The Chief Minister had the re-
said the problem with the sponsibili-
super shires was that lo- ty for their
cal people had not been children
involved enough. and the gov-
He said the Minister ernment
for Local Government, was there
Adam Giles would con- just to sup-
vene a committee to look port them.
at options including re- “The
gional councils that would children be-
be smaller than the super long to you
shires. and the role
of the government is to the Government to fix the your local schools and port the families.” Price both refused to be
The Government has
support you in the educa- problem. create solutions to these Mills’ CLP Govern- interviewed for LRNCA.
asked for one represen-
tion of your children,” he “But we have to work problems, we will be there ment won the Territory
tative from the CLC but
said. together to fix that prob- to support you. election in August and
appears to have already
“To be honest, we also lem. We are going to de- “But we don’t want to will govern for a fixed
chosen at least some of
have to ask you how you scribe a standard that all be in the position where four-year term until an
the other representatives.
can assist us in that solu- parents expect for their the government is expect- election in August 2016.
Mr Giles told the ABC
tion, because if we are children. ed to fix the problems and Namatjira MLA and
that he thought “region- Above: CLC Chairman Phillip
the only ones expected to “We will have a body it doesn’t work. Minister for Aboriginal
al councils are an option, Wilyuka with Chief Minister
fix the problem then we that will assist you, so that “ I have to change the Advancement Alison An-
that is, a large council but Terry Mills and Braitling MLA
don’t have a solution, be- in reaching that standard, Education Department as derson was also invited to
nowhere near as big as a and Minister Adam Giles at
cause you will always put you will be supported. well, to get the Education the meeting but declined.
shire, with headquarters the Finke meeting of the CLC
the power in the hands of “If you want to have Department thinking that Minister Anderson
in the region itself.”
greater autonomy over they have a role to sup- and Stuart MLA Bess
Jukurrpa panels for Learning Centre
Georgina Martin, Lucy Martin, Lilly Long, Leah Martin and Kay Williams
Willowra people have been Families worked through Aboriginal Corporation. Learning Centre.
hard at work creating hot conditions well into Students at the Willowra The centre is being built by
Jukurrpa panel paintings for the nights, with support school painted their Yapa workers. (see story
their soon-to-be-completed and healthy meals own small panels, to be page 15.
Learning Community supplied by a team from displayed on the walls on
Centre. the Warlukurlangu Artists the new Early Childhood
December 2012 3.
News
We need to talk:
Grog summit
Above: Cans on the outskirts of Kalkaringi which has a
licensed club
Policy crossroads
Above: Fitroy Crossing activists gave a powerful presentation on liquor restrictions
A grog summit held by the Some delegates called for the one argument used to justify wet
for the NT
Government
NT Aboriginal Peak Organisa- Banned Drinkers Register (BDR) canteens on communities was
tions body in Darwin in November to be reinstated. that people wouldn’t go to town so
made it clear that a critical point At the Grog Summit, Professor much.
had been reached in the alcohol Peter d’Abbs presented the results However ,the results of the sur-
debate . of several studies done in the late vey in the 90s showed that it made
• August: CLP wins NT Government for first time since
Presenters from East Arnhem, eighties and early nineties about no difference whether there were
2001. Its first act is to abolish the Banned Drinkers
Tiwi, Tennant Creek, Borroloola, the effect of wet canteens on com- clubs on communities.
Register, with plans to criminalise public drunkenness
Bagot community and Hermanns- munities. The rate at which people were and force repeat offenders into “mandatory
burg were all united in the view He said the data was old but that picked up by the police or incurred rehabilatation” on prison farms (to be constructed).
that strong and ‘truthful’ conver- some things could still be gained injuries in town due to alcohol
sations about alcohol needed to be from looking at the results gath- was the same . • September: Coroner Greg Cavanagh hands down his
had among Aboriginal people in ered then. Those results showed He said $8.1 million a year was findings on the death in custody of Kwementyeye
their own communities, as people communities with clubs had more spent by Aboriginal people in the Briscoe in January. He calls on the Government to
drinkers, with 62 per cent of men NT and that it was an extremely commit to “all available, reasonable measures to
were ‘drowning in alcohol’.
reduce the supply of excess alcohol from takeaway
“I can’t stand by anymore. and 38 per cent of women drinking large resource which could make
outlets.”
Something has to be done. It’s no 10 or more drinks a night until the the people who controlled it very
good talking anymore,” said one money ran out. powerful economically and politi- • Government comes under pressure to reinstate
Bagot community member. Professor D’Abbs said that cally BDR with reports of an increase in violence from
shopkeepers, communities and later the Alice Springs
Town Council. But the Government says the BDR
“didn’t work”.
• October: Chief Minister Terry Mills calls for remote
Aboriginal communities to be given the opportunity to
vote on whether they should remain “dry”.
• Chief Justice Trevor Riley links alcohol abuse to three
Land Resource Information Officer cases in the Supreme Court and calls for alcohol
restrictions.
Alice Springs • Central Land Council Director David Ross call on Terry
Mills to stop discussing alcohol policy until results of
PN LM011 Government research into wet canteens is concluded.
ASO 6 Base Salary: $66,324 - $76,188 • Alcohol Policy and Health Minister David Tollner says
Estimated Effective Package (ex-Super): ($76,214 - $86,101) there will be no further changes to alcohol policy until
This calculation includes district allowance and estimated packaged taxation savings. the Government’s mandatory rehabiliatation scheme
is put in place.
expressions of interest close Friday 21 December 2012
About the opportunity • November: Mr Tollner announces the Government
The preferred applicant will be a highly motivated person with demonstrated natural resource will not be proceeding with its plans to make public
drunkenness a crime. He tells ABC TV’s 7.30 Report,
information management and GIS skills, and the capacity to oversee the development of monitoring that ‘street alcoholics’ will appear before a health
programs to improve outcomes in on-ground projects that CLC Land Management section staff support tribunal as petrol sniffers or mentally deranged
on Aboriginal lands. The position will provide geospatial data, mapping and project management support people do. No announcement made on how plans for
to approximately 45 staff with a broad range of NRM functions and will work closely with IT management prison farms will be affected.
staff to develop processes and protocols for specific components of a proposed Land Resource • The Federal Government says its new alcohol
Information Management System. management plan for Aboriginal communities will
This position is offered as a 3 year contract ensure restrictions in the Northern Territory will not
Employment conditions: be lifted until harm reduction standards are agreed
upon.
The CLC offers district allowance, flexible salary sacrifice packaging, five weeks annual leave and airfare
and other entitlements included in the enterprise agreement. Relocation assistance may be available. • A comprehensive study conducted in Western
Australia’s Kimberley region finds that half of babies
For a Job Description and Selection Criteria please visit our web site at www.clc.org.au
there are born with disabilities from foetal alcohol
Or contact Maxine Draycott , E-mail: jobs@clc.org.au, Phone: (08) 8951 6321, Fax: (08) 8958 2805 spectrum disorder. The Age reports: ”The study
Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply. has stunned policymakers in Canberra and carries
The CLC reserves the right to not make an appointment or vary the type of appointment. massive implications for the Northern Territory and
Central Land Council is a Commonwealth statutory authority under the Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act Queensland governments, which plan to deregulate
1976, and the Native Title Representative Body for the southern Northern Territory region under the drinking in Aboriginal communities that had previously
Native Title Act 1993. decided to be ‘dry’.”
4. December 2012
News
Plenty pathway black cowboys to
be honoured
leads to plenty of pride
The Australian Stock-
man’s Hall of Fame
hopes to create a new
gallery at its complex
to showcase the role
A new high school
of Aboriginal stock-
program is mustering
young Aboriginal men
men and women.
from bush communities The western QLD or-
back into the education ganisation has been
paddock. working for two years
The Plenty Pathways on an Indigenous her-
Project was developed itage project and said
by remote school princi- it has collected 200
pal Kate McMaster, who stories from across
grew up on a cattle sta- the country, but wants
tion alongside many Ab- more financial sup-
original families on the port for research and
Plenty Highway. to upgrade a dedicat-
As a teacher in the ed gallery.
Atitjere (Harts Range)
region, Kate was looking
for a way to re-engage Heavy smokers
youth who fall through
rate down
the cracks in the school
system. The Menzies School of
She enlisted the sup- Health Research say
port of the CLC, local their studies show the
traditional owners, local number of Indigenous
schools and local pasto- heavy smokers has
ralists, as well as the NT fallen significantly.
Department of Education Associate Professor
and Training and regis- David Thomas found
tered training organisa- that the number of
tions.
Indigenous smokers
In the first 10 weeks the
Above: Plenty Pathways students have to keep their heads in the books if they want to get out in the paddock. who smoked more
young men learned how
to handle general tools
than 20 cigarettes
and livestock and gained to offer a similar one for Traditional owners per day declined from
skills in horsemanship, girls. are embracing the proj- 17.3% in 1994 to 9.4%
welding, concreting and The first training ex- ect, with fathers, grand- in 2008 — a relative
yard building. ercises for the young fathers, older peers and 45% reduction.
Meanwhile a Congress men included visits to siblings frequently visit-
doctor used role play and local stations to identify ing the classroom or the
boundaries, breeds of cat- Plenty Pathways Head-
NSW Activist Dies
storytelling techniques to Aboriginal rights ad-
help the students to think, tle, meet the owners, and quarters the young men
to understand the pasto- built out at the Harts vocate Isabel Coe has
learn and remember.
ral and cultural histories Range horse yards. died.
The program is based
out of the Atitjere Com- of the Plenty Highway. Huckitta Station tra- Ms Coe was an activist
munity, with the CLC of- Kate said the program ditional owner Herbie and co-founder of the
fering the use of its Harts was already having good Bloomfield said: “That’s Aboriginal Tent Em-
Range conference room as results, with 92 per cent why we fought for that bassy in Canberra.
a classroom. attendance. place (Huckitta), to get
After 10 weeks build- the young ones back The Wiradjuri woman
The program attracted from Cowra in New
young men in just the first ing resilience, skills and onto the land, working as
full term in their entire “They need modelling, South Wales was an
week, with signs of more trust, the students partici- stockmen.”
schooling life, one can with step-by-step process- avid campaigner at
interest from the com- pated in a two-week block
only celebrate this atten- es that help them deal the Tent Embassy.
munity, including young of work experience on a Left: A student gets ‘hands
dance rate,” Kate said. with the influences they
women. cattle station. on’ training in the pastoral Ms Coe was 61 years
Kate believes nurture are exposed to and to as-
With the program now “Remembering that industry. old.
is a vital element in train- sist them in making the
full-up, plans are in place many of these students
have never attended a
ing indigenous youth. right choices,” she said. continued page 20
Mutitjulu pool
work starts
Work has finally started on a “We all know running pools in
swimming pool at Mutitjulu. remote areas can be difficult but
Mutitjulu traditional owners the community is extremely com-
will use $1.5 million of their rent mitted to this project and have
money from the Uluru Kata Tjuta demonstrated this by putting in
National Park to operate the pool $1.5 million of their rent money,”
for the next five years. he said.
Mutitjulu residents have strug- The pool is funded by a grant of
gled against red tape and logistical $2.77 million from the Aboriginals
obstacles to get the pool started. Benefit Account and $100,000 from
But after six years of work by the traditional owners.
the residents and the CLC’s com- CAT Projects guided the design
munity development unit, the and development of the project.
project should be finished by Feb- The Mutitjulu community has
ruary. also spent rent money upgrading
CLC Director David Ross said its recreation hall and a basketball
the pool would provide health court under the CLC’s Uluru Rent
benefits as well as a much-need- Money Project.
From L-R: Nita Ferguson, Renie Davies, Ursula Nichaloff, Rick Hope (Parks), Jeanette Ungwanaka,
Margaret Campbell & Jody Gunn (Parks) discussing a new walking track at Chambers Pillar Historical
ed recreational outlet for the kids
Reserve during a Joint Management meeting. during the long summers.
December 2012 5.
News
Lake Nash native title recognised by Federal Court
Native title was Itnwerrengayt and mining. owners to live there.
declared on two cat- Ampwertety land- Lake Nash and Many of the cur-
tle stations near the holding groups in Georgina Downs, ap- rent claimants or
Queensland border in 2001. proximately 650 kms their parents were
August. The Court rec- north-east of Alice born and lived on
The basketball ognised their tra- Springs, are run as Lake Nash Station
court at Alpurruru- ditional rights, in- pastoral stations. near the waterhole
lam community tem- cluding the rights The claimants’ for most of their
porarily became the to access and hunt, native title rights lives.
Federal Court, which gather and fish on the will co-exist with the CLC Director
recognised the rights land and waters, con- rights of the pastoral David Ross congrat-
and interests of na- duct cultural activi- leaseholders to graze ulated the native
tive title holders of ties and ceremonies, cattle. title holders and
the Lake Nash and and to camp on the After a long bat- paid tribute to the
Georgina Downs pas- land and erect shel- tle, Lake Nash (Al- many claimants who
toral leases. ters and other struc- purrurulam) became passed away during
The native title tures. a Community Living the process.
application was filed The decision also Area in 1991, with a Native title hold-
with the court for the secures their right small area of land ex- ers from Glen Helen
Ilperrelhelam, Malar- to negotiate over any cised from the station were also recognised
rarr, Nwerrarr, Meyt, future acts such as to enable traditional recently.
New child seatbelt laws
will impact on troopies
Children will have to have special for organisations that rely on “troop
safety restraints while travelling in carriers” as their main form of trans-
cars until they’re seven years old un- port, as their design doesn’t allow for
der a new Territory law. baby capsules or child restraints.
Transport Minister Adam Giles CLC director David Ross said the
announced that new laws governing CLC would start
child restraints in cars would apply looking at us-
from 1 February, 2013. ing other vehi-
Currently, only infants under the cles rather than
age of 12 months have to be in a baby “troopies” for
capsule or child restraint. its large fleet.
Mr Giles said research shows that “We are just
injury levels drop significantly when waiting for a
children are in the proper car restraint few different
for their age and build, and in the saf- types of vehi-
est position in the vehicle. cles to come to
From 1 February 2013 children Alice Springs
-under six months old will be re- for us to have a
quired to be in a rear-facing child re- David Ross look at before
straint or baby capsule; we decide on
-aged above six months and under which path to take,” he said.
four years must travel in a rear- or for- NPY Womens Council Deputy Co-
ward-facing restraint; ordinator Liza Balmer said South Aus-
- aged above four and under seven tralian laws had changed some time
years must be seated in a forward-fac- ago and the organisation had already
ing child restraint or booster seat. replaced many of the cars in its fleet.
- seven or older should use an adult
seatbelt or booster seat. More information is available at
The new law will pose a challenge www.roadsafety.nt.gov.au
Proprietor’s Lynn and Peter Treis were both born and raised
in Alice Springs. Lynn Treis (nee Satour) is a local Aboriginal
business woman. They are proud to offer their services to
the local community. Rusty Zipper (located in the Todd Mall)
sells a range of merchandise including business wear, suits, Above: Tennant Creek Ranger, Josephine Grant at the Women’s Land Management
Conference at Ross River recently.
street wear, sports clothing, work wear and High- Visibility
clothing.
Through the Aboriginal Employment Strategy they assist
Women land managers forum
Thirty women tunity to design their on teaching two-way
Indigenous job seekers with work clothes and can also assist from Central Austra- own Indigenous Ecolog- science, the women
families with clothing for funerals and can arrange fashion lian communities took ical Knowledge (IEK) worked with facilitators
part in the 2012 CLC projects. to plan a bush trip and
parades for local events. Women’s Land Manage- They also gained follow-up lesson around
ment Forum at Ross skills to assist them in a two-way natural sci-
River in October. speaking up more confi- ence theme connected
For further information please contact them for assistance. The women , from dently in public. to NT school curricula.
Docker River, Ulpany- Women emphasised Funding support for
Rusty Zipper ali, Santa Teresa, Ti the importance of two- the IEK workshops was
Tree, Willowra, Ten- way education in their provided by the Territo-
Todd Mall, Alice Springs NT nant Creek and Murray communities. ry NRM board.
For further information contact Lynn or Peter Downs, took the oppor- At a workshop
PH: 08 89521350
6. December 2012
News
Signing on: from Dreaming to website
Sign languages ing hand signs. Or if we
used every day in Central see a person calling out
Australian Indigenous in the distance then we
communities are about to use hand signs to speak
go online. with that person. We
The Arandic iltyem- use hand signs to talk to
iltyem project, involving people who are deaf – to
community language talk about food, or to ask
workers, multi-media them to come over to eat
specialists and linguists, or drink tea or sit down
has recorded more than with us. We also use hand
50 signers – Arrernte, Al- signs with kids, to qui-
yawarr, Anmatyerr and eten them down when we
Kaytetye people using are hunting. We sign, ‘Be
sign language. quiet, there’s a kangaroo
Linguist Margaret there!’ We use hand signs
Carew said the project for that. And we use hand
was producing resources signs when someone is
for people to enjoy, learn bereaved.”)
and teach with. The project is fund-
“With the Ti Tree lan- ed by the Hans Rausing
guage team we are mak- Endangered Languages
ing a sign language web- Documentation Project in
site to teach about sign London, and by the Aus-
and use in school lan- tralian Government’s In-
guage and culture curric- digenous Languages Sup-
ulum ,” Ms Carew said. port program (ILS).
Above: The sign team at Ti-Tree left to right: Eileen Campbell, Clarrie Long, April Campbell, Helen Long, Nancy Long The project is also
“In places where there
and Marie Long.
is no internet available creating an archive of
for community access, edge from the Dreaming amerneh arlka. war. Kwer mapeh arlka iltyem-iltyem which will
alkenty ina rrkwek an-
such as Willowra, we are and they handed it over And thamptheng apa- anwern iltyem-iltyem be available for future
gerrepat mapel ant hand-
looking at making short and passed it on to us. ywenherremel amernarl. angkem. Nheng kereng generations.
em over-ilerlapetyart,
films and releasing them Now we want to pass it Tyerrty nhak apek nt- arlka apek anwern nter- For more informa-
passing on anwernek.
on DVD.” on to our children. We warr angerr arlkemarl, telh-ilem, nheng-lkwer tion about the project see
Lyet anwern want-em-
Janie Long Perrwerl want to put our language ntwarreng apekarl arem, anwern ntertelh-ilem: the project blog: http://
errem akwerek pass em
of Ti Tree said it was re- on the website so that the kel iltyem-iltyemarl an- ‘Ntert-irrang kwenh iltyemiltyem.tumblr.
on-erretyek. We want to
ally important that sign children can learn sign gkem tyerrty nhakeh aherreng kwenh!’ Iltyem- com/ or contact:Margaret
website-wern arrernerl
language was continued language.”) anwern.Tyerrty ahert iltyem anwern angkem. Carew, Arandic Endan-
anwernekenh angkety so
and handed down the April Campbell Pen- mapeh anwern iltyem- Anwern apek ywerlt-ir- gered Languages Project,
they can iltyem-iltyem
generations: gart said sign language iltyem angkem – merneh rem, tyerrty arrpenh Batchelor Institute of In-
yanhek akaltyerrerl”
“Anwernenh was useful for a number arlka apek petyetyeh arl- map ywerlt-irrem wal digenous Tertiary Edu-
(“The old people
akaltyanthek iltyem-ile- of reasons. ka apek nheng mern arlk- iltyem iltyemarl angkem. cation Alice Springs NT
taught us sign language;
tyemek angerrepat “Iltyem-iltyemel an- wetyeh, tea arlka apek (“We ask for food 0870, 08 8951 8344 / 0422
they handed it down to
mapel, anwernek im- wern angkem nheng arlkwetyeh anetyeh apek and things like that us- 418 559, margaret.carew@
us. They held that knowl-
perl-alhek. Anengkerrant batchelor.edu.au
Coober Pedy ‘pop-up’ workshop
wows Adelaide art set
Coober Pedy is having “Lily Ulah painted up a
its turn in the limelight af- storm and has now got rep-
ter a painting workshop pro- resentation in Adelaide with
duced 75 paintings. some sales already,” Wayne
Art centre coordinator said.
Wayne Eager set up the ‘pop- “Five paintings were in-
up’ workshop in the town’s cluded in the Our Mob exhibi-
old pharmacy out of the back tion in Adelaide.
of a troopie and ran it for just “I try to encourage a hap-
two weeks. py atmosphere - the rest just
Forty people took part in happens!”
the workshop, which followed
Left: Lily Ulah has already sold SUSAN DUGDALE & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS
on the success of a one-week
some of her paintings from the
program last year
workshop
are happy to be involved with the Willowra Commu-
nity Learning Centre, crèche and staff duplex as project
managers.
Our thanks to Tangentyere Constructions for their great
work so far, and to Malcolm, Rowan, Nathaniel and Gary
from Willowra for their commitment and hard work on-site.
We design and project-manage stores, community centres,
childcare centres, schools, shire offices and houses.
We work with communities to achieve what they want in
building design, local employment, and high-quality, hard-
wearing buildings.
6/82 Todd Street Alice Springs
ph: 89536533 email: office@dugdale.com.au
Above : Ian Young and Sharon Williams at Santa Teresa recently with their baby grand daughter
December 2012 7.
News
Every dog has his day
Warlukurlangu the centre, Stephen
title to Victoria’s
cultural sites
Victoria’s Wurundjeri
people have won title
Art Centre’s other life as Cutter, is a member of to sites where their an-
a dog care program has Animal Management cestors mined for stone
been recognized in a new in Rural and Remote to make axes and held
funding arrangement by Indigenous Communi- ceremonies at earthen
the Central Desert Shire. ties (AMRRIC). rings.
Internationally re- During his visit in Indigenous Affairs Min-
nowned for its arts works, September this year he ister Jenny Macklin pre-
the centre has been car- and AMRRIC volun- sented the Wurundjeri
ing for dogs in Yuendumu teer vets desexed 73 people with titles to the
for more than 10 years, dogs and treated 93 for Mt William Axe Quarry
organising and funding various ailments in one west of Kilmore and the
visiting vets to treat and week. Sunbury Earthen Rings
de-sex dogs and humane- “The vet visits to to the north-west of Tul-
ly euthanase unwanted Yuendumu are usu- lamarine Airport.
ones. ally successful due to
Dog-loving coordina- the additional support “Green stone axes from
tor Gloria Morales – also from various local or- Mt William were tradi-
the assistant manager ganizations, such as tionally traded by Ab-
at the art centre – gets the Yuendumu Health original people over a
‘called out’ of the centre clinic who loaned us wide area of south-east-
several times a week to their autoclave to ster- ern Australia before Eu-
look after sick dogs and ilize the operation kits ropean settlers arrived
collect unwanted puppies. during the last vet vis- in the area,” Ms Macklin
She also feeds dogs whose it,” Gloria said. said.
owners have gone to town. Through the Desert
Dogs’ Facebook page
“The amazing earthen
The vet employed by
rings at the Sunbury
property may be more
the art centre organises tion of services and en- GMAAAC to contribute than 1000 years old,
for puppies to be adopt- able the best use of the funds to the program last and were an important
ed and fly to happy new limited funds available year. part of traditional cere-
homes all around Austra- for care of dogs at Yuen- Warlurkurlangu Art- monies for Wurundjeri
lia. dumu. ists believe that healthy people.”
This year the Central The art centre has also dogs mean healthier peo-
Desert Shire recognised produced a fun range of ple in Yuendumu. Indigenous Land Cor-
the great work the art dog collars using artists’ poration Chairperson
centre has been doing and work, with proceeds from Above: Two of Yuendumu’s Dr Dawn Casey said the
finest about to lose their acquisitions of the sites
agreed to give the art cen- their sale helping fund
doghood in the interests of a would provide training
tre its designated funds the dog program. better life for everybody.
for veterinary services in The dog program is Left: Warlukurlangu worker
opportunities in land
Yuendumu. extremely popular with and dog lover Gloria with management and en-
Gloria said the initia- Yuendumu residents, who the vet team after a hard able the transfer of cul-
tive would stop duplica- directed royalty group days work. tural knowledge from
elders to youth
LRNCA STAR PHOTOGRAPHER FOR DECEMBER 2012
Tony Renehan
“ I took this photo when
we were mustering at
Yuendumu.
I like it because I suppose
its just good seeing the
young fellas having fun.
It’s hard work but it’s
really fun
I’ve got a Lumix. I was
about 60 metres away
and it was late afternoon
- about 4 oclock when we
had loaded up and just
before dark.
I reckon it’s a good
shot.
”
8. December 2012
News
Rootails
for renal
clients
Campfires, kangaroo “We wanted to create
tails, painting and having an environment where we
a yarn are being used to could bring a little bit of
help people who have to ‘home’ here to the renal
come to Alice Springs for unit,” said Aboriginal Li-
renal treatment. aison Officer Hamish Mc-
Bush clients of the Donald
Central Australian Ab- The program has dif-
original Congress have ferent activities for men
told Congress they miss and women. Some women
the familiar people and have said they want to do
everyday customs of life singing and dancing as
in their communities part of their sessions.
when they come to town. Six people took part in
Suddenly people find the first peer support ses-
themselves living very sion at NephroCare Gap
different lives, spending Road Dialysis Clinic in Al-
five hours at a time, three ice Springs.
days a week being treated The group of five men Above: Gregory Williams, Lincoln Boko, Hamish McDonald (ALO), and Billy Nelson
at a renal unit, and often and one woman had most-
having to stay in a hostel. ly come from communi- ents. clothes or filling out pa- ing kangaroo tail, they able to take a little bit of
Congress decided to ties on the NPY Lands. “That means we can perwork,” Mr McDonald were able to open up a bit control over their lives
run a new program that Aboriginal Liaison Of- help them with their over- said. more and we could tell again – something that
would recognise how iso- ficer Hamish McDonald all health needs and even “Once the group was that this made them feel can feel lost when you’re
lated renal patients could said the sessions helped things like accessing oth- relaxed, sitting outside really happy. undergoing such intense
feel in Alice Springs. build trust with their cli- er services like washing around the campfire, eat- “It was like they were treatment.”
New Chair for
Anderson has Havnen sacked
One of the first moves September urging the er than just Minister for Ms Havnen warned be-
Lhere Artepe
of the new Territory Gov- Territory and federal reflecting Indigenous Ad- fore she left that the office
ernment was to abolish governments to reassess inputs and vancement, Al- played an important role
the independent office of funding priorities and outputs and ison Anderson, in providing independent
NT Coordinator-Gener- service delivery for Ab- called for reportedly la- scrutiny and monitor-
al for Remote Services original communities. more focus belled the rec- ing of government ex-
(NTCGRS). The report made 12 on commu- ommendations penditure and progress
Olga Havnen released recommendations in- nity develop- as ‘airy fairy’ in addressing Aborigi-
her first NT Coordina- cluding the evaluation ment. before announc- nal disadvantage in the
tor-General for Remote of spending on a val- The Ter- ing the office clo- Northern Territory.
Services report in late ue-for-money basis, rath- ritory’s sure.
Olga Havnen
Voluntary Basics Card for Central Land Coun-
cil deputy chairman Mi-
chael Liddle Jnr is the
APY Lands new chairman of Lhere
Artepe.
He succeeeds Ian Mac-
The Federal Gov- better manage their mon- adam who has told the cor-
ernment has introduced ey and help stop hum- poration he wants to focus
income management for bugging, ensuring there on helping young Aborig-
people on the APY Lands is enough money for life inal people through sport
of South Australia. essentials, such as food, and personal develop-
Under the scheme, peo- housing and clothing,” ment.
ple will be able to volun- she said. Mr Macadam runs the
teer to have part of their Ms Macklin said the Clontarf organisation in
welfare payments scheme was sim- Alice Springs.
set aside for “es- ilar to one Mr Liddle said the po-
sentials” such that had sition of chair would be-
as food and been come vacant at the next
clothing. AGM of Lhere Artpe,
Other people when the new board will
will be placed on in- vote on those who nomi-
come management if nate as the chair.
child protection authori- “We know many peo-
ties think their children oper- ple want to work and en-
are being neglected or at ating in gage with us on native ti-
risk of abuse or if Cen- Western Australia since tle issues but our primary
trelink thinks they could 2008 and was introduced focus in recent times has
get into a financial crisis. in five other places last been to rebuild the repu-
FaCSIA Minister Jen- July. tation of the corporation
ny Macklin said people of In WA, there were 1400 and its capacity to repre-
the APY lands had shown people on income man- sent the interests of the
strong support for income agement, of whom 1100 Central Arrernte native
management when the had volunteered. title holders, “ Mr Liddle
Government talked to The Federal Govern- said.
them about it in May. ment introduced compul- Lake Nash native title holders showing some He said Ian Macadam
“APY Lands residents sory income management good taste in reading had played “a significant
told us income manage- to Aboriginal communi- part in a rebuilding pro-
ment would help them ties in the NT in 1987 cess”.
December 2012 9.
News
The private lives of bilbies
CLC monitoring for many years and tial negative impacts cies. long-term data sets
cameras are provid- built up considerable on the resident dingo “Seven are around
to support on-going
ing a bird’s eye view knowledge of the area population. management.”
active bilby burrows
on the private lives and its inhabitants. “Even though it is and 10 are set up nextMr Brittingham
of some of our most The rangers’ known that dingoes said he hoped track-
to the bait dispensers
threatened native knowledge and exper- can kill bilbies, stud- to monitor that baits
ing, trapping, baiting
species. tise in tracking was ies have indicated are only being tak-and use of cameras
The cameras used to decide where that they can assist in en by foxes and notwould provide infor-
have been set up in bait stations were set reducing the impacts non-target mation about how bil-
species
the newly declared up and remote sensor of cats, foxes and rab- bies and other endan-
such as dingoes, liz-
Southern Tanami IPA cameras placed. bits. ards and birds,” hegered species breed,
as part of a project to CLC Regional “For this reason said. habitat use and the
manage predators of Land impacts of threats
threatened species, The baiting must be done strategically and at the right time such as fire and cli-
such as foxes. of year so that there won’t be any potential negative im- mate change.
In one import- pacts on the resident dingo population. The project is cur-
ant monitoring site rently funded until
at Sangster’s Bore in Management Offi- we conduct fox bait- “Following the col- June 2013 by Terri-
the Tanami Desert, cer Richie Britting- ing using fox-spe- lection of the last im- tory NRM and is a
echidnas, bilbies and ham says the proj- cific baiting devices ages we were very ex- collaborative effort
rabbits were photo- ect aims to reverse initially developed cited to capture a fox between the CLC, the
graphed sharing the long-term declines in by NRETAS to lim- taking a bait. This is Warlpiri Rangers and
same burrow system. these populations of it impacts of baiting believed to be the first Desert Wildlife Ser-
Sangster’s Bore threatened species by on dingoes and other evidence of this in the vices.
is home for three reducing predation non-target species.” wild. Top: The bilby runs back to
species in danger of rates on them. Mr Brittingham “The cameras are its burrow which it shares
extinction: the great- “But we need to said the unit had 17 left out for up to four with the echidna (lower
er bilby, great desert keep a good balance,” remote sensor cam- months and then right).
skink and brush- he said. eras at Sangster’s data is collected. We Right: Elsewhere a dingo
tailed mulgara. “The baiting must Bore to help monitor have left the camer- stalks the night looking
The Warlpiri be done strategically the bilby population as out for the next for prey
Rangers, based at Yu- and at the right time and look at their be- six months and aim Middle right: Daytime:
endumu, have kept of year so that there haviour and interac- to leave them on the feral cat also looking for
the project going won’t be any poten- tion with other spe- site indefinitely to get a feed.
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10. December 2012News
video games’
Maori parliamentary delegation visit Alice Springs
A delegation from royalty monies on com-
native hero
the New Zealand Maori munity development pro-
The third chapter of the Affairs Committee visited jects.
Assassin’s Creed se- Alice Springs recently to But on other counts,
ries launched in Octo- look at how Maori chil- such as language educa-
ber, sees the game set dren could benefit from tion, delegates thought
during the American Australian childcare ex- Australia lagged behind.
Revolutionary War with periences. In New Zealand, for
the hero of Mohawk “We’re looking at all example, there were
and British heritage. the social determinants moves to make bilingual
His name is Connor that will lead Maori chil- education compulsory in
Kenway, but he was dren to live well,” MP for all schools. But this would
raised in a Mohawk vil- Manurewa Lousisa Wall be easier for NZ, which
lage by his birth name said. unlike Australia had only
of Ratonhnhaké:ton The delegation visited one Indigenous language.
(“Ra-doon-ha-gai- a number of Alice Springs New Zealand also has
doon”). Aboriginal organisations seats set aside in its par-
and paid tribute to the liament as Maori seats.
The game’s creators work that was done here “We have two rolls,”
consulted with the by them. Ms Wall said.
tribes depicted in the Delegation leader “If you’re Indigenous Above: The delegation meeting with Alice Springs Aboriginal organisations and individuals
game, making sure Parekura Horomia told you get to go on one or the at CAAMA
the language, clothing, the Centralian Advocate other roll. I am on an In- always been recognised. treaty and it became a we were the first people.
weapons, and dwell- he was impressed by the digenous roll but I stand “The treaty did put us more powerful tool,” she It’s recent history for us
ings were as culturally community development in a general seat.” further ahead because it said. because it was only 160-
authentic as possible. work of the Central Land Ms Wall said that un- was a legal construct and “Explicit in it was the 170 years ago.”
The producers were Council in supporting like Australian Aborig- then we translated our acknowledgement that
people to use rent and inal people, Maoris had
reportedly pleased to
see the tribespeople in
Uganda: uncles and aunts
the game speak in their
native language and
have English subtitles.
UbiSoft’s efforts have
help out in mental health
been applauded as
something that stands
out among not just
games but also movies
and TV as possibly the
first mainstream look Mental health au- ic stress disorder (PTSD) also have an important
at Native American his- thorities are turning to and up to 70 percent from role in reducing the stig-
tory that isn’t pander- “uncles and aunties” to clinical depression. ma of mental illness, Mr
ing or offensive. help the thousands of “People here don’t be- Muyinda said.
Ugandans suffering from lieve mental illness can Roads and other in-
depression and post-trau- be cured in hospitals or frastructure had been
matic stress disorder in helped by modern medi- destroyed by the war and
war-torn Northern Ugan- cine.” Mr Muyinda said. many villages are very
da. “They rely on tradi- isolated, but people have
“Traditionally, aun- tional healers.” access to mobiles.
ties and uncles (wayo-ne- Mr Muyinda said they Text messages can
ro) play an important role would be trained to go inform people and help
in raising children. We into communities to find those suffering from men-
Above: Concept art for the want to create ‘mental affected people and help tal illness to be identified
Native American hero. health aunties and un- lead them to treatment, and receive some form of
cles’,” according to Mak- he said. treatment.
Depp donates to erere University’s Her- “We want to engage “We hope to have
Navajo Nation bert Muyinda. with traditional healers to a number that people
The rebellion in north- help them manage their can message and then
Actor Johnny Depp,
ern Uganda displaced patients better,” he said. a Wayo-Nero can visit
who is portraying the
more than two million “We’re not going to them,” he said.
American Indian char- take their patients away.”
people. More than half ips news SERVICE
acter Tonto in the up- Mobile phones would
suffer from post-traumat-
coming movie version
of The Lone Ranger,
has given the Navajo
Nation $25,000 to be
used for scholarships
Canada looks to our rangers for inspiration
for Navajo Nation stu- Indigenous Rangers could help First Nations country,” Patrick said.
dents, according to have shared their conser- in the stewardship of their “He repeatedly blew
Native News Network. vation initiatives with First traditional territories. audiences away when he
Nations in Canada. The Canadian boreal described the numbers of
Many scenes in the
The Canadian boreal forest region separates the camels in that country and
film were shot in Mon-
forest and the Australian frozen tundra in the north the damage they do and how
ument Valley, a pictur-
Outback, contrasting land- from the temperate rain- the rangers are tackling
esque area within the forests forests to the south. that.
scapes on opposite sides of
Nation located on the the globe, face similar chal- It is considered the world’s “He spoke comfortably
Arizona-Utah border. lenges for protecting these largest intact forest and and well both formally and
In this movie’s version vast, remote, and environ- presents opportunities for in the informal discussions
of the Lone Ranger mentally vital lands. large-scale conservation. across the table from Ab-
story, Tonto is Coman- Recently, in a nine-day The boreal region con- original Canadians, and Ca-
che, although in the tour, an Australian group tains about 14% of Canada’s nadian government officers.
original 1930s radio took the ground-breaking population. “His calm and under-
series he was identi- Australian Indigenous Damien Williams from stated approach was really
fied as Potawatomi. Ranger model to Canada. the Tjuwanpa Rangers in welcome on a frenetic tour.
Depp was adopted into With stops in Vancouver, Central Australia joined “The image of him rugged
the Comanche Nation Yellowknife, Winnipeg, other Australian Indigenous up eating fish from a tipi
in May by LaDonna and Ottawa, members of rangers on the trip. on the banks of the frozen
Harris of Americans Australia’s Indigenous Patrick O’Leary from great slave lake at the Lutsel
for Indian Opportunity, Rangers program, along the Pew Foundation said K’e Dene tribes culture
and later served as with representatives from Damien was a great am- camp will stay fixed in my
Parks Australia and the Pew bassador for the Tjuwanpa memory for a long time.
Grand Marshal of the
Environment Group Aus- rangers, the CLC and Cen- “It’s a long way from
Comanche Nation Fair
tralia, met with Canadian tral Australia. Arrente country!”
parade. “He really emphasised We hope we will have
federal, First Nations, and
The Lone Ranger is provincial leaders. the importance of the some of Damien’s thoughts Above: Damien Williams swaps his khaki work shirts
scheduled for a June The delegation shared ranger work in getting old on the trip in our next issue. for a more suave look in Canada
3, 2013 release. successes and insights that and young reconnected with
December 2012 11.milpirri
News
Lajamanu people can in the air. show together.
feel justly proud of the They asked the east There wasan unprece-
spectacular show they put wind to help, but it wasn’t dented number of school
on with the Darwin-based strong enough so they kids involved this year.
Tracks dance company in asked the others – north, The backdrop to the
October. west and south. performance was a series
The entire commu- None could do it alone, of banners in four pri-
nity, young and old, was but when they combined mary colours, represent-
involved in a dynamic forces they were able to ing the Warlpiri kinship
performance which cul- send it in the right direc- system and painted by
minated in hot air paper tion. Lajamanu’s famed paint-
balloons floating off high The point of the story ers. More than 300 people
into the night sky. was perfectly illustrated attended the event. The
The show, a mix of with this celebration of next Milpirri will be in
Warlpiri and contempo- the strength of Warlpiri 2014.
rary dance, celebrated a society acting together in
Warlpiri concept called dance and performance. All photos by Peter Eve
Pulyaranyi, which talks Everybody, including
about being stuck in one a large number of visi-
place by opposing forces. tors, turned out to watch
Pulyaranyi is a call their young people dance
to action, says Milpirri’s their way through a com-
Tracks Dance Company plex series of dances to
which produces the event: celebrate land and law,
we have talked, we have ceremony and kinship.
listened, now we need to The older men shout-
act, to stir things up. ed instructions from the
The story of Pulyara- sidelines and the women,
nyi is about two hunters led by Lajamanu’s inde-
who lit a fire to flush out fatigable grandmothers,
a kangaroo. But the fire formed the continuous
wouldn’t move; it re- background of song and
mained burning straight dance that bound the
12. December 2012News
Childhood health NLC Chief departs
Northern Land
key to preventing
Council (NLC) Chief Ex-
ecutive, Mr Kim Hill, left
the NLC in October this
year.
chronic disease
NLC Chairman, Mr
Wali Wunungmurra said
for over four years Mr
Hill had provided out-
Getting ready checks helped get said. are some who standing service to the
for preschool can Talvin ready to “And it’s great are struggling NLC as its Chief Execu-
be a challenging tackle preschool. to see children a lot with be- tive, but had completed
but rewarding The Congress like Talvin going havioural or his service yesterday to
task, as four-year- program won an from strength to emotional prob- develop other opportuni-
old Talvin Brown award for Pro- strength, both in lems and we are ties.
and his family moting Healthy his physical health able help with “Mr Hill’s uncom-
have discovered. Childhood – Pre- and his engage- programs de- promising commitment
As a toddler, venting Chronic ment in preschool. veloped specif- to both land rights and
Talvin experi- Conditions at the “ ically for these economic development
enced some seri- Chronic Disease Aboriginal families.” outcomes means that the
ous health issues Network Confer- Family Support The Con- NLC is well placed for
that might have ence in Darwin. Worker Judith An- gress Preschool the future,” Mr Wunung-
impacted on his The award sell said Congress Readiness murra said.
development prior highlights the im- aimed to offer the Team includes “Mr Hill’s vision en-
to starting school. portance of laying right type of sup- two Aboriginal sured that the NLC has
With the help a good foundation port for individual family support sound relations at senior
of his mum, Cher- for health in ear- families. workers, a case levels with both sides of
yl, Talvin has been ly childhood, said “Sometimes manager, child politics, thus maximising
participating in psychologist and families we meet health nurse outcomes for traditional
Central Austra- team leader Pat- need no help, some and team lead- owners.
lian Aboriginal rick Cooper. families may need er. Drop into the “Mr Hill was instru-
Congress’s Pre- “Good edu- assistance com- Congress Clinic mental in many major
school Readiness cation leads to pleting enrolment at 25 Gap Road projects, including the
Program. improved health forms and finding for more details landmark reform of leas-
Visits to the outcomes and bet- the right schools,” on how your es in Aboriginal com-
clinic for ear ter employment she said. child can get in- Back, left to right: Judith Ansell (Family Support Worker), munities, with over 459
opportunities,” he “Then there volved. Sabella Turner (Family Support Worker), Gayle Simpson (Case agreements in the last
and other health
Manager) Front, left to right: Cheryl Brown, Talvin Brown two financial years, the
settlement of the Blue
Mud Bay seas case, and
Three outstations get internet the recent Western Des-
ert Resources iron ore
Twenty homes Staff from the are using it to check mining agreement at St
in three central Aus- Centre for Appropri- Centrelink accounts Vidgeon.
tralian communities ate Technology (CAT) and to send emails. I The NLC’s anthropol-
– Mungalawurru, regularly visit the use it to chat”. ogy branch manager, Mr
Imangarra and Kwale communities to help CAT’s Andrew Robert Graham, was ap-
Kwale – are taking maintain the equip- Crouch found in his pointed as acting Chief
part in a study trial- ment and to help res- research that exter- Executive Officer.
ling home internet idents with various nal funding would
connections in their applications. probably be needed
communities. One resident said to maintain the inter- Stolen Gen film
The study is the the computers were net connection and
first to look at how being used by a lot of computers after the re-releases
Aboriginal people use people in the commu- project was finished
nity. in two years.
Two early films about
computers and the
Indigenous children
internet in their own “Young ones are The project part-
taken from their fam-
homes. getting on there to ners are Swinburne
ilies have been re-re-
The computers, play games, listen to University, CAT, the
leased by Ronin Films.
funded by the Ab- music and do their Australian Commu-
It’s a Long Road
original Benefits school work,” the nications Consumer
Back (13 mins) was
Account, are the re- resident said. Action Network and
made as a training ex-
sponsibility of the 20 “Older people the CLC.
ercise on super 8mm
households. from the community
Traditional owners at Yarralin enjoy the last issue of Land Rights by Oomera (Coral)
News Central Australia Edwards in 1981 and
tells of her own strug-
Central Australians win NT innovation award for bush foods research gle to regain her sense
of Aboriginality after
Central Austra- families, supplying
being removed from
lians win NT innova- the bulk of the Aus-
her family home.
tion award for bush tralian bush food in-
Link-Up Diary
foods research dustry.
(87 mins, 1987) is a
Two Alice The harvest is a
documentary by David
Springs researchers way of life for many
MacDougall about the
and their colleagues Aboriginal women.
organisation Link-Up,
have won the Desert The work has
founded by Oomera in
Knowledge Research helped promote and
1980 to help Aborig-
Award for their work develop more bush
inal people find lost
on the bush food food trading between
family members.
trade in Central Aus- Aboriginal harvest-
With two of Oo-
tralia. ers and buyers, and
mera’s colleagues –
The CSIRO’s Fio- furthered develop-
historian Peter Read
na Walsh and Josie ment and marketing
and Link-Up trainee,
Douglas conducted of bush foods in com-
Robyne Vincent – the
the research between mercial businesses.
film follows Link-Up’s
2005 and 2009 with The findings are
endeavours in the Syd-
Myra AhChee and also to improve man-
ney area during one
Rayleen Brown of the agement and care of
week on the road.
Merne Altyerr-ip- country where bush
For further details
enhe (Food from the foods grow.
about these two films
Creation Time) refer-
and other AIATSIS
ence group. Right: Tins of dogwood films visit the Ronin
The research seeds which are website: http://www.
showed how tonnes roasted and made into roninfilms.com.au
of Akatyerr or desert a paste.
raisin are hand-har- Courtesy Ninti One
vested by Aboriginal Limited
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