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Mental health services that consult with Elders can deliver better care to Aboriginal people

The real test is for mental health services, led by Elders, to keep walking the path in a sustained working relationship with the Aboriginal community so constructive changes are co-designed to benefit consumers. Doing so not only creates positive and lasting change for Aboriginal people’s social and emotional wellbeing, it’s good for all mental health consumers.

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Dryandra On Country on Wilman Nyoongar Boodja (Bunuru 2023)

In March, an On Country event was held on Wilman Nyoongar Boodja with staff from the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist (OCP) and the Mental Health Advocacy Service (MHAS), as part of the Kaatadjiny Waalbraniny Danjoo (Learning to Heal Together) Project.

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Rubibi/Broome Trip

In June this year, the Our Journey Our Story team travelled to Rubibi (Broome) on Yawuru Buru (Country) to check-in with the Elders, young people, headspace and KAMS team.

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Garma Festival 2023

This August, the Curtin School of Allied Health leadership team, as well as Michael, Michelle and Stella, had the incredible opportunity to attend the 2023 Garma festival in Gukula on Gumatj Country, the homelands of the Yolngu Yunupingu family.

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Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: a methodology for going along steady walking and talking to build relationships

We present a research program where Aboriginal Elders, as cultural guides, hold the research through storying and cultural experiences that have deepened relationships between services and the local Aboriginal community.

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The Year of the Voice Q+A Highlights

By ABC News This video offers a number of perspectives on the Voice to Parliament and Treaty/Treaties. 01:01 – Details on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament 09:05 – Would treaty protect Indigenous sovereignty? 18:02 – Should Australia become a republic? 26:43 – Is there a better day to celebrate ‘Australia Day’? 27:51 – Will Craig […]

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Aboriginal disability yarning group members connect to culture and each other through story sharing

The work of Kerri Colgate and Cheryl Taylor at the Champion Centre. A yarning group in Perth’s south-east is helping Indigenous people connect through kinship. (ABC News) Led by Noongar Yamatji woman Kerri Colgate, the three-hour sessions in Perth’s south-east offer people living with disability a way to connect with each other and to culture.  It is a seemingly […]

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Allawah! Burdiyas! Elders Community Conference held at Point Walter on 30th and 31st May 2022

The fire crackles to life in the crisp morning light atop of Point Walter, Dyoondalup, overlooking the expansive Derbarl Yerrigan.

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DEBAKARN KOORLINY WANGKINY

In 2021 we started a collaborative project with the School of Allied Health at Curtin University and the Looking Forward Team, and we would like to share some of this great experience with you.

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First Nations Art, Theatre, Music and Dance events coming up in 2022

Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia surveys historical and contemporary works by over 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across Australia.

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2021 - April Newsletter