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Laurie Patton & Sharon Clark Visit CAAMA
Special Advisor to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Laurie Patton with Sharon Clark Dept of the Arts called into CAAMA & had a chat to CEO Michael Robertson, CSM Samarra Schwarz & Station Manager Gerry Lyons on the future of media in Australia & the new VAST satellite system… both are here till today before flying out to Melbourne.
CELEBRATIONS at KINTORE
As recently as 1957 a group of COUNTRYMEN, who never had had any contact with the “modern world” were discovered near Lake Mackay, on the border between Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Later expeditions in 1963 into the desert found more people still living a traditional life, unchanged for thousands of years. These were all Pintupi (or Bindibu) people, the last Aborigines to live this life: they were taken to Papunya community, given clothes and had to adapt to a way of life totally alien to them. As all traditional Aboriginal people are intimately tied to the land of their ancestors and “dreaming places”, sites of ceremonial significance, they longed to get back.
In 1981 the Pintupi moved back and the small community of Kintore or Walungurru was founded, 530 km west of Alice Springs, at the base of Pulikatjara, two culturally important hills.
13th National Remote Indigenous Media Festival 2011
This year the 13th National Remote Indigenous Media Festival is being held at UMAWA, on the PY Lands of Northern SA. The National Remote Indigenous Media Festival is held annually in a different region each year and brings together remote community broadcasters from up to 120 communities across Australia. It aims to showcase and celebrate the video, radio and multi-media productions made through the year, as well as discuss key issues for the remote media and communications Industry. Continue reading
GRAND FINAL Day in Alice Springs
Grand final fever hit Alice Springs with finals finals finals in the air… A large crowd attended this years grand finals at treager park.. The day was warm and the games intense..
Milimika Festival -Tiwi Islands Friday 9th to Sunday 11th September.
Have a Break on the islands at the first Tiwi Islands Festival Mililmika – you can travel to the Tiwi Islands this Friday 9th for $150 returning Sunday 11th and have a VIP camp site for the weekend for an extra $100, a bed and tent and a secure camp site. Food and drink will be available. Continue reading
Warren H Williams Launches New Warumungu Album with Songmen
Warren H Williams with the Warumungu Men launched a new album in Language in front of a crowd well over 800 people.
The Song Peoples Sessions is a ‘culture preservation project’ that brings together traditional and contemporary Indigenous musicians.Producer and project coordinator Patrick McCloskey describes it as “a collaboration between traditional and contemporary musicians for the maintenance of Indigenous languages”. Continue reading
Elder of the year Aunty Nell Mooney brings change to her community
Aunty Nell Mooney from Burrill Lake was announced as the 2011 Aboriginal Elder of the Year at the NAIDOC Awards ceremony in Shellharbour.
She has dedicated her life to making positive change in her community.
Among other things she has brought about a significant change in how Aboriginal school students in her community are treated by their teachers and fellow students.
She speaks to Pam Reilly on Women’s Business.
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