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EDITORIAL Land Rights News Central Is it getting too hot for our mob? Australia is published by the Central Land Council three JUST as experts predicted change is true,” former Kintore times a year. Australia’s catastrophic bush teacher, Irene Nangala, told the fires of this summer decades Guardian online news service. The Central Land Council ago, they also agree that poor Ms Nangala said people don’t 27 Stuart Hwy communities around the world want to move to town but Mr Alice Springs will be the most vulnerable Katatuna is thinking about NT 0870 in a hotter, drier and more leaving the region. unpredictable climate. “It’s going to get too hard for tel: 89516211 Aboriginal people in remote ngurraritja to live in the desert www.clc.org.au communities will be among the soon. I might shift somewhere email [email protected] hardest hit. when the desert dries up – up In Central Australia, climate north, down south.” Contributions are welcome records continue to be broken. “Without action to stop In January 2019, meteorolo- climate change, people may be gists declared the driest sum- forced to leave their country,” SUBSCRIPTIONS mer ever in Alice Springs and the Central Land Council’s Tennant Creek, while 2018 was head of policy, Josie Douglas, Land Rights News Central the hottest on record in Central said. Australia subscriptions are Australia, with 55 days above “Climate change is a clear and $22 per year. 40 degrees. present threat to the survival of It is distributed free of And those new records were our people and their culture,” Ranger Max Brumby informs himself about global heating. charge to Aboriginal reached a decade earlier than she told the Guardian. organisations and the national science agency had Living in “unbearable trouble, and sleeping during new and refurbished houses. communities in Central predicted. concrete hot boxes” doesn’t the day when they should be “Air conditioning is an Australia. “Climate change is getting help. at school.” essential item in the desert, worse,” Rodney Katatuna, from “People resort to sleeping “You can sometimes see not a luxury,” explained Dr To subscribe email Titjikala, said. outside, or cramming people in communities hosing Douglas. [email protected] Other elders complained that everybody into the coolest the outside of their Besser Yet houses in remote or call 08 8951 6215 their houses are already too hot room, with all the well-known brick walls with garden hoses communities and town camps for people to sleep in and that consequences for the spread of to keep cool despite the often come with “a hole their kids find it hard to stay diseases.” water shortages – that’s how where the aircon unit should ADVERTISING awake at school. “It’s also common for people desperate they are.” be and they are told to buy it “We can’t go and sit outside. to sleep in shifts, with young Members of the CLC have themselves”. Advertise in the only We have to go at night to sit people roaming the streets called on the government to newspaper to reliably down with the families. Climate at night where they get into provide air conditioners for all Continued page 5. reach Aboriginal people in remote Central Australia. Senators hear opposition to cashless debit card Next publication date: “I’VE not had anybody raise With Labor and the Greens Springs, and later they flew was also on the trip. July 2020 the cashless debit card with opposed to the plans, to Milingimbi. “People told us they want Rates are at www.clc.org. me.” Ms Lambie’s vote in the It was the same story jobs, especially for young au/land-rights-news OR That was Ken Wyatt’s Australian Senate could make everywhere. people. They don’t want to be email: [email protected] response when Land Rights or break them. People complained that on welfare, but there are no OR call 8951 6211 News asked if he agreed In January, she visited the they didn’t know about the jobs,” Dr Douglas said. with the Minister Anne “The best way to create Ruston’s plans for more than “Shifting them to the cashless jobs is through reforming COVER 22,000 Territorians on the the work-for-the dole scheme BasicsCard to be shifted onto debit card is not going to help and providing adequate a new cashless debit card. incentives for Aboriginal The question was raised people gain employment.” controlled organisations in during handback celebrations remote communities to take in Ampilatwatja last NT to hear for herself what proposed cashless welfare people on. November. people thought about the card. “This government claims Two months later, indepen- government’s plans. When they were told they they are committed to ‘welfare dent senator Jacqui Lambie, Territory senator said they didn’t want it. to work’, but this is just not from Tasmania, discovered Malarndirri McCarthy hosted Executive manager of policy happening. The cashless debit that people out bush didn’t the visit to Papunya, Ikuntji and governance at the Central card is a distraction. know about the card. (Haasts Bluff) and Alice Land Council Josie Douglas Continued page 8.

Cover illustration by Joey Klarenbeek CLC MEETINGS 6-8 April 2020 Council Tennant Creek 7-8 May 2020 Executive Alice Springs 24-25 June 2020 Executive Alice Springs 18-20 August 2020 Council Kalkaringi NPY Women’s Council director Maimie Butler, CLC delegate Valerie Patterson, MP Warren Snowdon, ALPA deputy chair Mickey Wunungmurra, Senator Pat Dodson and CLC delegate Joshua Rankine. The delegation travelled to Canberra with CLC policy head Josie Douglas to tell politicians at Parliament House why they oppose the cashless debit card.

2 March 2020 NEWS What can we do to keep our families and animals safe during summer? Geoffrey Shaw & Brooklyn Mt Nancy Town Camp

“Gotta make sure that there is a lot of shade available for your pups. Make sure they got plenty of food like dog biscuits that you can buy from the shop and make sure that they got plenty of water.”

Stephen Clyne Ulpanyali

“We put those water sprinklers you use for growing fruits and trees and lawn up on the veranda. The wind came around and made it cool. It Mildred Inkamala worked really, really well but we need Gilbert Springs a new water tank.”

“I’ve been asking the rangers to put up bow sheds in outstations against the heat. At Hermannsburg, there is a lack of air coolers Adriana Schembri & Rain so I rang up in Alice Springs and said ‘I have a sick grandson. He’s Alice Springs got epilepsy. It’s very important that we keep him in a cool place.’ My husband is sick, too, and we have this other little boy with “Having a turtle shell for your dogs autism and we have to keep him inside. He doesn’t mix with other to swim in that you can leave in the kids and likes to play inside. We were without an air cooler maybe shade. If you got bigger animals like six months, a long, long time, horrible! So we hosed the veranda horses, hose them down and their and the kitchen and the lounge to keep it cool. And I’ve been yards to keep the dirt nice and cool, taking my sick kids to my daughter’s place to stay in the cool and make sure they got water to drink. then came back home at night. It was very crowded. We put our Your birds can do with a light spray mattress on the floor and just slept in the cool.” with the hose, leave your laundry door open for cats to come inside as well. These little things can really help.”

Cheryl Stirling Alice Springs

“We need more trees to be planted here and everywhere for people. There’s not enough trees, there’s not enough seats for people to go and sit down under the shade, there’s none really anywhere.”

Rodney Katatuna, Tania Liddle Titjikala Oak Valley

“This place is getting hotter. I don’t know what’s going to happen “Make sure there is water for all your to us. I have to keep my family inside the house. Might be no water, animals. Even when it’s cloudy, we might be trees are going to die, animals and then, last of all, it will all still need water. For people, stay be us. We have a lot of bores and they might dry up. We’ve got to inside during the hottest part of the sit and pray. I wish it rains but the rains are also gone. I think it’s day – and make sure you carry a lot of going to get too hard for ngurraritja to live in the desert soon. I water with you wherever you go. Look might shift somewhere when the desert dries up - up north, down after our old people, and make sure south. We have to stop this pollution. Climate change is getting they are in the cool with lots of water.” worse. When they talk about this climate change I’m scared.”

March 2020 3 NEWS Communities send clear message on Closing the Gap INDIGENOUS groups have latest report to parliament on won $1.5 million towards an the failed policy in February, Aboriginal and Torres Strait also agreed to three major Islander data project. reform priorities put forward The project is an outcome by the coalition. of consultations with They are to develop formal communities around the partnerships between country and will be used to government and Aboriginal help with decision making in people on Closing the order to reform the Closing Gap, growing community- the Gap policy. controlled services and A group of nearly 50 improving mainstream Aboriginal organisations, service delivery. known as the Coalition of “This is not just business as Peaks, said one message usual,” head of the Coalition from the consultations of Peaks, Pat Turner, said. was that “shared decision- “They are important making depends on all parties structural reforms so that our having access to the same sector can be built up, so it information.” can participate. “The prime minister is Pat Turner from the Coalition of Peaks with Prime Minister Scott Morison. Photo: The Guardian listening to those voices and “This is not supports the new national with more than 90 per cent Alice Springs, Tennant Creek know what works for them just business agreement being built.” of people who completed an and out bush. and have charted a clear way Indigenous communities online survey backing them. In Tennant Creek, the board forward for the new national as usual.” around Australia have had It consulted with more than of Julalikari took part and the agreement.” their say late last year on a 2,300 individuals at almost CLC delegates discussed the The consultation process It wants to use the money new national agreement on 70 face-to-face meetings in reforms at their meeting at was independently reviewed from the federal government Closing the Gap which is cities, regional towns and Yulara Pulka. by an indigenous-owned to develop regional profiles currently being developed by remote communities in every “Participants and survey consultancy which found that of Closing the Gap targets the coalition and the Council state and territory. respondents were united on the “campaign to mobilise the to support evidence-based of Australian Governments. Nearly 1,700 people their support for the priority community to participate policy and decision-making The coalition said the completed the online survey. reforms, speaking with one was effective” and that the by communities. consultations found In Central Australia, clear voice,” Ms Turner said. “engagements were open, fair Prime Minister Scott “overwhelming support for approximately 150 people “Aboriginal and Torres and transparent”. Morrison, who delivered the the three reform priorities, took part in consultations in Strait Islander communities

From page 2: in communities and operate As a member of a steering swimming pools,” she said. committee for the National Indigenous land Agreement on Remote management, in particular Housing, the CLC has a cool season burning, is on chance to advocate for better everyone’s lips, although house design and to ask many confuse it with hazard questions. reduction and forget the The now-disbanded Desert cultural element. Knowledge Co-operative However, Dr Douglas Research Centre made believes “all that counts for recommendations more little in the face of the lack of than a decade ago about climate leadership”. how to make desert houses Global heating has made more energy-efficient and the scale of the bushfires communities more resilient. around the nation much “Air conditioning is an essential item in the desert, not a luxury.”

“Making sure houses more devastating, yet are built with the right Australia could have orientation and have passive avoided them if it had “done cooling and a white roof cost a lot more much earlier”, almost nothing,” Dr Douglas according to economist Ross said. Garnaut. “We would like to “The tragedy has been know how many of these building over a long time,” research findings have been he told the ABC. implemented in our region.” In 2008, Professor Garnaut There is no shortage of reviewed the impact of home-grown solutions, and climate change in Australia the catastrophic fires across and predicted that the nation Australia have made many would face a more frequent realise that the original and intense fire season by inhabitants may have some 2020. of the answers. He warned the situation “People are already would continue to worsen mitigating climate change without global action to through traditional burning cut the gases produced by and they are investing their burning coal, gas and oil. income to install solar power, “Things will continue to plant bush tucker gardens get worse until the world

4 March 2020 NEWS Burial of cemeteries bill shows bush voters’ power IF ABORIGINAL Territorians extraordinary,” CLC policy wanted any proof of their manager Josie Douglas told political muscle in this the ABC. Northern Territory election The bill would have forced year they need look no grieving families wanting to further than the rushed burial bury their kin outside of a of the NT Government’s declared cemetery to seek the controversial changes to its CEO’s permission. cemetery laws. Northern Land Council The government hastily CEO, Marion Scrymgour, withdrew its proposed Burial called it “ridiculous that any and Cremations Bill ahead government would think a of the Central Land Council prison term is appropriate meeting in October, following for a burial carried out in an outcry from the bush. accordance with Aboriginal Land councils and other tradition.” Aboriginal leaders raised “The provisions in the bill the alarm that the bill would risk further criminalising a criminalise remote community population that is already residents for burying their drastically over-represented The CLC’s Josie Douglas (right), regional officer Richard Dodd (centre) and delegates discussed policy issues loved ones on their land, in in the prison system,” Ms at their October council meeting. line with their customs. Scrymgour said. The backflip came just days A CLC submission about the NT Minister for Local Minister and members of his “As long as there are people after the CLC warned that the proposed bill also warned Government Gerry McCarthy cabinet at Yulara Pulka. in the community who have burying somebody without that it would allow local that the government had Minister McCarthy said the concerns” about proposed prior approval from the chief government councils to raise properly consulted about the government pulled the bill changes to the 67-year- executive of the NT Housing the fees they charge for burials proposed bill. “in response to concerns of old Cemeteries Act, the Department would become a in the cemeteries they manage. “There is not one elder in Territorians on how it relates to government, Mr McCarthy criminal offence. “Cash-strapped shires will be community that has known customary decision making on said, “we will not proceed with It would be punished with able to set their own fees for about the detail of this bill Aboriginal land”. the legislation”. fines of up to $31,000, or two funerals,” Dr Douglas said. when I have discussed it,” Mr As the government returns to the “The timing of new years in prison. “We want the government to Guyula said. drawing board, it seems to have legislation will take as long “That is the penalty for cap these fees.” The bill was dead, buried found time to revisit the detailed as necessary to ensure the burying someone on a Independent member for and cremated in time for the submissions of the land councils public understands and is homeland without the Nhulunbuy, Yingiya Mark October meeting between the and the Northern Australian comfortable with the way consent of the CEO – it’s just Guyula dismissed claims by CLC delegates, the NT Chief Aboriginal Justice Agency. forward.”

Ngangkari Pantjiti Unkari McKenzie burns country near Tjukurla. has zero net emissions of he told the ABC. greenhouse gases.” “The way you make Professor Garnaut said aluminium in a zero- that rather than harming the emissions world economy is economy, going emissions- to use renewable energy to free would give Australia turn bauxite and aluminium a chance of becoming an oxide into aluminium metal. “energy superpower” that “Australia is by far the continues to profit from its biggest exporter of aluminium minerals. ores and iron ores, [and] In this zero-emissions when the world is producing world, Australia would stop aluminium and iron without shipping minerals overseas emissions, we’ll be the place but process them locally using that’s done. It will be positive renewable energy - the power for the economy,” he said. of the sun, wind and water. If we stretch his vision from “The way you make steel using renewable energy to in a zero-emissions economy using local workers from is using renewable energy remote communities near to make hydrogen, to make where the minerals are mined steel, instead of using coal,” everyone could be a winner.

March 2020 5 NEWS ‘Recognition’: not what we asked for What’s the ‘voice to government’? What’s ‘constitutional recognition’? A VOICE to parliament Central Australian on the NOBODY really knows yet, but nance are still strong. lives on the ground,’’ Ms enshrined in the Australian national group. many think it means adding Our voice needs to be Anderson said. Constitution was one of the Dr Odegaard said “we cannot nice words about Aboriginal embedded in the foundations She said the wide three demands of the Uluru expect to succeed in changing people in the constitution that of the nation. rejection of symbolism Statement that emerged after our future as indigenous make people feel good but that We reject symbolic was one of the reasons why a rigorous Aboriginal-driven Australians if we do not bring have no legal consequences. recognition in Australia’s Recognise, a body devoted consultation process across each other along”. Despite the lack of detail and constitution.” to symbolic recognition, was the country. Minister Wyatt promised consultation, Minister Wyatt To change the constitution, abolished and the Referendum The statement, the result of to take the group’s options wanted to hold a referendum even if it’s just to insert Council was established. more than a year of grass-roots for the voice to government about constitutional some nice words, you need “The Referendum Council deliberations in 17 regions, to “indigenous leaders, recognition by the middle of the majority of people in the was set up in 2015 because has the strong support of the communities and stakeholders. next year “at the latest” but majority of states (a double indigenous people had not Central Land Council. “They will complement the the Prime Minister has made majority) to vote in favour. been properly consulted.” But it’s not what’s on offer work of a local and regional it clear it could take longer. Mr Wyatt believes that not Those consultations from the current government co-design group to bring about The CLC delegates have all states would vote for a occurred in 2016 and 2017. in Canberra. real and lasting change.” always opposed symbolic voice to parliament, but nice “Now the entire process is Minister for Indigenous “The regional voices could be recognition, most recently at words would be a winner. being ignored,” she said. Australians Ken Wyatt said cultural,” he told the Guardian the voice will not be protected news website. in the constitution because “So the Warlpiri people said the government of which he to me, if you do a local voice, is a senior member does not it has to be our cultural group. support it. When I spoke with the Yolngu He also wants the voice to people and with Gumatj R speak only to governments, not people, with Galarrwuy Timeline to the Australian Parliament, Yunupingu, they said, we’ve Late 2019 Early 2020 Mid 2020 Final phase 2020 as the Uluru Statement got clan leaders, so you should demanded. be shaping it on our clan leader “I need to work within those structures. Guide the overall process, work in partnership with Government and support both co-design groups parameters and I’ll get the “I’ll be saying to the regional E E best-possible outcome for our and local voice, I don’t care communities so that they are what the models are. If they not ignored,” he told Land vary across the nation, then R

Rights News. that’s healthy. One size does ocus o odels to iproe local ad regioal osultatio ad egageet “What we have to have is not fit all. decisio-aig ad local ad regioal eleets across Australia o local, regioal a unified approach and if it “The [national] group will be o Idigeous oices ial recoedatios to ad atioal odels means taking small steps to assisted by the senior advisory goeret achieve the ultimate outcome group, co-chaired by Professor then that’s what I want to do.” Dr Marcia Langton AM and pportuity or Idigeous ocus o deelopig odels or a atioal oice The co-design process of Professor Tom Calma AO, who Australias ad eeryoe across the coutry to proide eedbac the voice to government is will continue to advise and complicated, with three groups guide the process and keep it whose members are appointed moving forward,” he said. Minister Wyatt’s process for a ‘voice to goverment’. Source: National Indigenous Australians Agency. by Mr Wyatt tasked with Mr Wyatt acknowledges working together. that many are critical of his their meeting at Yulara Pulka “We have to remember that A senior advisory group co- approach. in October. a referendum requires the chaired by academics Marcia “The first thing I have to Part of a resolution they majority of Australians and Langton and Tom Calma will manage is the expectation passed said: the majority of states. If we get oversee a local and regional from our community,” he told “We are the Aboriginal WA and Queensland opposed and a national co-design group the Guardian. voice of Central Australia and then it’s lost,” he said. and plan to propose models for “And that is diverse across we are tired of governments Referendum Council co- the voice by June. the nation.” changing laws that affect our chair Pat Anderson told the The national group is co- He wants to legislate the lives. Australian newspaper in chaired by a senior official voice before any referendum Our laws are strong as the January that the government’s from the National Indigenous on constitutional recognition. country. Our laws were here push for a referendum on Australians Agency, Larakia first. It is the original law of recognition ignores the work Pat Anderson answered the woman, Dr Donna Odegaard . the land. and wishes of Aboriginal CLC delegates’ questions about The group is made up of 16 Our systems of gover- Australians who repeatedly constitutional reform. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal and categorically rejected members who have symbolism. been asked to “ensure “Symbolic recognition Below: In 2017, NT any proposed alone will not provide the delegates at Uluru models will work transformative power required rejected within established to change people’s symbolic structures”, the recognition. minister said. Steven Wanta Patrick, the son of respected Lajamanu elder Jerry Jangala, is the only

6 March 2020 NEWS Trial seeks to increase benefit from the ABA IT’S HOPED more money endorsement from the ABA’s separate funding from the to take all the steps and tick of 2022, with the help of a will start to flow into Central advisory committee. NIAA for a three-year trial of all the boxes. dedicated Aboriginal project Australia from the Aboriginals If they then get approval providing assistance to ABA “This CLC work will officer. Benefit Account thanks to new from the Minister for applicants. hopefully make more use “It is important we give it assistance for applicants from Indigenous Australians, the “Of course, not all ABA of the funds sitting in the enough time to make sure the the Central Land Council. applicants must negotiate a applications need support. ABA, with more successful trial works well,” Mr Martin- The CLC’s ABA application funding agreement. Jard said. support trial aims to help its Constituents have told the “This CLC work will hopefully make “And to allow these land constituents apply for grants CLC they don’t always have council workers and the from the fund. the support they need to more use of the funds sitting in applicants to carefully plan ABA project grants are successfully navigate all the and propose projects that will available “to and for the steps. the ABA, with more successful last.” benefit of” Northern Territory As a result, the number of If the trial is successful such Aboriginal people and successful applications has applications and then more good assitance may be incorporated organisations, according to been limited and communities projects happening on the ground.” into wider reforms aimed at the Aboriginal Land Rights have missed out on some getting more benefit from the Act. much-needed projects. Some succeed on their own,” applications and then more Aboriginals Benefit Account. ABA applications have many The National Indigenous CLC chief executive Joe good projects happening on steps. Australians Agency (NIAA) is Martin-Jard said. the ground.” For more information Applicants need to meet now working to simplify the “But some remain just a The CLC has hired an contact David Jagger on eligibility criteria, follow application guidelines. good idea if they don’t get experienced manager to 8951 6371. application guidelines and get The CLC has received support. Others need support trial the work until the end

Kaemish Martin enjoys the Yuendumu pool which was, in part, built with money from an ABA grant. Greater Aboriginal control over ABA needed FORMER Commonwealth The Minister for Indigenous report which showed all ABA this 30.4 per cent increase, a substantial part of the public servant Brian Australians uses the rest to income and expenditure compared with the previous reserve to be used to support Stacey explains why fund the administration of the and listed all grants to period, largely reflects positive community and economic the ABA needs to be land councils and to approve Aboriginal communities and market conditions in the development, particularly reformed. grants for the benefit of organisations. mining sector. on Aboriginal land, and in It holds more than $1 billion Aboriginal Territorians, after There was a lot of The reserve amounts over regions that don’t get mining for the benefit of Aboriginal getting advice from the ABA’s discussion about the ABA the past five years or more royalties. Territorians, yet few know advisory committee. between communities and have been above $500 million. It is not easy and risky to about the Aboriginals Benefit Those who are meant to Commonwealth officers, such That has also never invest in infrastructure and Account (ABA). benefit from these ABA grants as me. happened before. economic development out Every year, the Common- know little or nothing about I have been involved in the In 1996-97, when I became bush, in places where there is wealth pays into the ABA the ABA’s operations and administration of the ABA an ATSIC branch head, the no market economy. amounts equal to the royalties finances. for more than 30 years and I reserve was only about $37.6 Building a clear and paid by mining companies million. workable strategy that has the to the Northern Territory “Those who are meant to benefit It is right for the Common- support of traditional owners Government. wealth to make sure that and their communities needs Even those who have from these ABA grants know there is a substantial reserve the best expertise. heard of the ABA would be in the ABA. But some parts of the struggling to tell you what the little or nothing about the ABA’s We all know that mines Aboriginal Land Rights account does. don’t last forever, and profits Act that deal with the ABA If you look for it, you will operations and finances.” go up and down. are preventing the full find some of the information But for the reserve to be involvement of traditional in the back of the annual Until 2005, when the knew that the ABA’s surplus, over $1 billion is I think much owners and their land councils reports of the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait also called the ‘ABA reserve’, more than what is needed for in decisions about ABA grants. Prime Minister and Cabinet. Islander Commission (ATSIC) has gone up. a rainy day. The land councils have The ABA started in 1978, was dismantled, the ABA was Yet even I was astonished In the meantime, the gap sought to reform them for after the Aboriginal Land administered from its own to read in the latest annual in life outcomes between decades. Rights Act was passed in 1976. secretariat in Darwin. report that at the end of June NT Aboriginal and non- In particular, they want to The four NT land councils The secretariat performed 2019, the ABA had ‘net assets’ Aboriginal people is the widest stop the federal government distribute roughly one third all of the functions of the worth more than one billion in Australia. from being able to control (30 per cent) of the account ABA and invested unspent dollars ($1,062.3 million). The minister and the the ABA with minimal to royalty associations of the (‘surplus’) funds. This is unheard of. four NT land councils must accountability. people affected by mines. It published an annual According to the report, develop a strategy that allows Continued page 27 March 2020 7 NEWS Mining money fuels community video revival COMPENSATION from the Jimmy, the story of the man I didn’t know until I started Granites gold mine in the on the two dollar coin - Gwoya working here, the history and Tanami has detonated an Jungarayi. culture, the history of different explosion of creativity in Among the productions are families,” he said. Yuendumu. a video survey of waterbirds “I like the creativity with my Pintupi Anmatjere of the Newhaven Wildlife videos, the freedom to create.” Warlpiri (PAW) Media Sanctuary and documentaries PAW Media also added 17 has used $110,000 from about the histories of the movies to its media archive the community’s mining Yuendumu Mining Company and ran an animation compensation income to and the Yuendumu Doors art workshop in Willowra, which produce more than 30 short movement. produced Water Dreaming, a videos documenting cultural Video editor Adam Young short animation about storms and sporting events and local is one of 12 Yapa who have in the desert. history for the past three worked on the project for Residents of Yuendumu and years. more than 2,000 hours. Lajamanu are proud of the The funds allocated by “The Yuendumu doors are video revival the GMAAAC the local committee of the art pieces by the elders,” he funds have made possible. Granites Mine Affected Areas said. Encouraged by the collective Aboriginal Corporation “I was making an creativity they have unleashed, (GMAAAC) have allowed abbreviated story of the Yuendumu’s GMAAAC the organisation to film paintings and the history committee has decided to keep interviews for the upcoming behind it. It helps get Warlpiri funding the video production feature length documentary people’s history out there,” project as well as a viewing about anthropologist, activist said Mr Young, who worked room at PAW Media where and gardener Olive Pink, and on many of the productions. sensitive cultural material can Shane Jupurrurla White, Maxwell Japanangka Tasman, Jason Japaljarri to start filming One Pound “There were a lot of things be watched in private. Woods filmed at Milwayi Spring.

From page 2: not set up to support people skills and confidence. All we’re income management is times. I got knocked back be- More than 20,000 people with card problems, yet Ms doing is changing what it’s like expected to continue to be cause I have school aged chil- in the Northern Territory Ruston said Centrelink will to be on welfare.” very difficult for Aboriginal dren,” she explained. are already on compulsory provide the same level of The proposed new card could people. “I’m deputy chair for a income management through support as they do to people also lock up more of peoples’ As the CLC’s deputy chair statutory body, I’m also on the the BasicsCard. on the BasicsCard. income than the BasicsCard. Barb Shaw found out, it is [ABA’s] advisory committee, Shifting them to the cashless Senator Lambie was very It would quarantine half of already almost impossible to talking about money and debit card is not going to help concerned when she saw advising people. Yet I am people gain employment,” Dr how poor Centrelink services deemed a person who can’t Douglas said. are out bush and when the “I’m also on the [ABA’s] advisory manage my family, who can’t An angry Senator Lambie agency’s local staff said that committee, talking about money and manage my life and I’m on the told the NT News that the they could not support people BasicsCard.” federal government had when they have problems with advising people. Yet I am deemed Northern Territory Senator “misled” her about having the new card. Malarndirri McCarthy said the consulted about the card. The visit also confirmed the a person who can’t manage my government “is taking away “The government better get enormous lack of services in the rights and human dignity their arse out here because the bush i, such as training, family, who can’t manage my life.” of people who are in the most I’m not voting for this until financial counselling and drug vulnerable of positions”. they do,” Ms Lambie said. and alcohol rehabilitation peoples’ cash to start with, but opt out of the BasicsCard and “To establish the cashless Ms Ruston, the federal social services. if the NT scheme is brought that is not expected to change debit card against the wishes services minister responsible There has been no clear in line with the national under the new card. of people and impose it as a for the card, followed hot in commitment from the approach over time it could Even though Ms Shaw sits compulsory measure (shows) Senator Lambie’s footsteps, government about what ‘wrap ramp up to 80 cents in every on the committee that advises it simply doesn’t care.” visiting the Tiwi Islands, around’ services would be dollar. Mr Wyatt on the expenditure The Aboriginal Peak Darwin, Tennant Creek and funded during the rollout of The process for consulting of hundreds of millions of Organisations of the NT and Alice Springs during the third the card. people about any increase dollars of Aboriginals Benefit more than 20 other Aboriginal week of January. Senator Lambie told the in the quarantined share is Account funds, she is not organisations across the NT One thing that she and Ms Guardian that in many of unclear. trusted to manage her own oppose the planned rollout Lambie can probably agree on the trial sites the promised The draft bill gives Ms finances. of the cashless debit card and is that there is misinformation services simply haven’t Ruston’s department the “I’ve been on [theBasics- have called on politicians to about the cashless debit card materialised. power to decide without Card] since 2008. I manage vote against the government’s out bush. “We’re on a hiding to nothing oversight by parliament. my money well. I applied bill. Centrelink staff say they are if we’re not building up their Getting off compulsory for exemptions a number of

Senators McCarthy (left) and Lambie (right) talk with Centerlink’s Rachel Kantawarra (orange shirt) and Roseranna Larry at Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff).

8 March 2020 NEWS Ammaroo Station land back in Alyawarre hands THERE were no ceremonies to generation. By having your when the Minister for land as yours you’ll continue Indigenous Australians that tradition and continue to and his entourage arrived build on the strength of who at Ampilatwatja to mark you are and your spiritual and the handback of a part of cultural connection to land.” Ammaroo Station, after one After he handed over the of the ceremonial leaders had framed title deeds, Mr Wyatt taken ill. commented on “the absolute Instead, Ken Wyatt and the joy in the faces of the elders traditional owners gathered and those who started the with their guests around the journey some time ago”. edges of the basketball court One of them was Nigel on November 6, silently Morton. remembering those who had “The land is ours, it has passed away during the long always been ours, we have wait. the rights and [now] we have Mr Wyatt had flown into proof of that,” Mr Morton told the remote community a few CAAMA. hours earlier to return a slice “The title that has been given of station land to the adjoining back to us is so significant to Aherrenge Aboriginal Land our song lines, the emu and Trust, and paid tribute to past the red kangaroo. Going back elders. to the old days, before we had “The land is ours, it has always been ours, we have the rights and [now] we have proof of that.” “Their guidance was funerals, that’s where our important in reaching this tribal burial grounds are too. Elder Frankie Holmes, from Antarrengeny, presents Minister Wyatt with a copy of the CLC’s oral history collection Every Hill Got A Story. point today because their “Our elders wanted this to wisdom and knowledge of happen during their time, but agreed to support adding an Weir as “pretty good”. title application in 2001, country played a major part this took so long and most area of station land next to “The family lived on in response to traditional in what has been achieved,” of them passed, that’s the Ampilatwatja to the land trust Ammaroo a long time before owners’ concerns over future he said. saddest part.” area. my time, with my grandfather mining and horticultural He spoke of their “enduring The elders had waited five “We negotiated for the and father. development on their land. perpetuity of connection” with years for the handback to block to be excised from “The connection was there They wanted to ensure they the approximately 31 square complete a native title claim the station and scheduled and still is. would be able to continue kilometres of pastoral lease settlement from 2014. as inalienable freehold title “We had access to areas of to protect their sacred sites land in the Sandover region he Back then, they agreed not under the Aboriginal Land tribal significance and sacred and to be consulted about was adding to the land trust. to pursue exclusive possession Rights Act,” the Central Land sites and if he does something exploration and development “It is country that has native title rights over a Council’s manager of native he needs to talk to us, and he on their country. been looked after, lived on number of former stock routes title, Francine McCarthy, said. does. The Kaytetye Alyawarr and travelled since time and a former stock reserve “That the native title holders “We can work together,” Mr Awenyerraperte Ingkerr-wenh immemorial. It is a place with that run through Ammaroo agreed to the land swap Morton explained. Aboriginal Corporation is the important sites, stories and Station, and allowed the demonstrates that Aboriginal The 2014 native title native title body corporate ceremonies that keep the land pastoralists, Stewart and Anna and pastoral interests can determination incorporated that exercises these rights alive today,” he said. Weir, to add those areas to align in mutually beneficial the Ammaroo, Derry Downs, and interests on behalf of “Knowledge of country, their lease. ways.” Murray Downs and Elkedra its members and native title stories and ceremonies have In exchange, the Weirs Mr Morton described the stations. holders. been passed from generation and the Northern Territory relationship with Stewart The CLC filed the native New men’s program has codes to live by “I WANT to provide for my under the guidance of elders with the police and community son, not just in a materialistic and senior community support programs,” he said. way, but to be able to offer leaders. “Our hospitals are filled up, guidance.” Last year, he delivered the our courthouses are filled up, That’s how one participant workshops in Alpurrurulam, our jails are filled up. The explained what made him join Tennant Creek, Arlparra, one place not being filled up a Codes 4 Life workshop. Laramba, Ampilatwatja is our schools. We need more The new program for Aboriginal men runs workshops out bush and seeks “Our hospitals are filled up, our to address behaviour such as drink driving, domestic courthouses are filled up, our violence and sexual assault. “Participants are often jails are filled up. The one place plagued with questions about their identity,” program not being filled up is our schools. manager Michael Liddle said. “The workshops channel We need more policemen; we this uncertainty into a sense of leadership by instilling a sense don’t need more football heroes.” of responsibility to culture Michael Liddle (left) and Wayne Scrutton. and community.” responsibilities. in our role in our community,” Mr Liddle, a Central Land and the Desert Knowledge policemen; we don’t need The workshops are a mix of Mr Liddle said. Council executive member, Precinct in Alice Springs, more football heroes.” presentations, group talks and supported by project officer which serves as the program’s Codes 4 Life drives personal activities. For more information Wayne Scrutton, designs headquarters. change by reconnecting “We focus on embracing call 8959 6028. and facilitates the workshops “Codes 4 Life works closely men with their cultural culture and finding strength March 2020 9 NEWS Laramba sues government over water and housing LARAMBA is the third region are “faced with some water quality in line with the community to take the level of water stress” and, Australian Drinking Water Northern Territory Housing while emergency planning is Guidelines,” he said. Department to court over the underway, there are “rarely “Removing uranium from state of its houses and the first any simple solutions”. water at the household level to do so over its water quality. The corporation is is relatively straightforward On April 6, lawyers for 24 “investigating alternative with the installation of an of the community’s residents technology options” at appropriate filtration system. will argue in the NT Civil Laramba and has installed You can buy a reverse osmosis and Administrative Tribunal treatment plants at Kintore, system from Bunnings. (NTCAT) that the department Alekarenge and Yuelamu to “This is an immediate step is responsible for ensuring the reduce high levels of nitrates, that can be taken, and does houses they rent out are safe uranium and fluoride. not require intensive capital and habitable, which includes The drinking water in investment. Indeed, this is safe drinking water. Willowra and Wilora also something that any responsible The Australian Lawyers for contains unsafe levels of landlord should do to ensure “Some have to sleep outside.” Night Patrol worker Stephen Briscoe Remote Aboriginal Rights nitrates and uranium. tenants are not exposed to risk, lives with four generations (13-14 other members of his family), in say their clients have been “Many communities and it does not need to involve Laramba’s most overcrowded home. Photo: ABC News forced to swallow more than originally developed Power Water at all.” double the amount of uranium historically in locations where For Laramba, water is only than is recommended by the there was never any secure, part of the forthcoming court Australian Drinking Water reliable, high quality water case. Guidelines. resources in close proximity,” The community is following Lawyer Daniel Kelly said the the spokesperson told the in the footsteps of Ltyentye court action is a test case. online news service. Apurte (Santa Teresa) “This is the first time in “As those communities have residents who won their case against the department in February 2019 and received “This is the first time in the NT thousands of dollars in that the Residential Tenancies compensation for the unsafe state of their houses. Act has been used to hold Mr Kelly said the NT’s remote housing crisis has gone a landlord accountable for on for almost two decades and people are “desperate”. the quality of water supplied He said legal action seems to to a property.” be “the only way that people can hold the government to the NT that the Residential grown … and expectations account.” Tenancies Act has been used to of improved levels of service Northern Territory hold a landlord accountable for have appropriately increased, Minister for Housing Gerry “For the little kids, we need it to be better.” Veronica Tilmouth shares the quality of water supplied to the challenges also continue to McCarthy told the ABC that her small three bedroom house in Laramba with 10 people, including a property.” increase.” improvements were underway her great nephew Jeremy (right), and sleeps on a mattress in the He said uranium levels in As the climate heats up in many communities, kitchen. Photo: ABC News Laramba’s drinking water have further, the corporation only including Laramba. been high for at least a decade. expects things to get worse. “In Laramba 23 homes “We say houses that “Without large or extended have been upgraded [since contain drinking water with rainfall … the water security 2016] and three new homes elevated levels of uranium risks will progressively are planned for this year, are not safe and habitable increase in some centres, with with work on two already underway,” he said. Wutunugurra In a statement he said 27 WATER WOES homes in the community Alekarange Alpurrurulam Willowra were set to receive major Willora essential service works and the government put “significant Yuendumu Yuelamu Utopia Laramba effort” into providing safe Engawala drinking water. Kintore Meanwhile, the lawyers are Alice Springs still waiting for the outcome of Ntaria (Hermannsburg) Poor water quality a Supreme Court appeal in the and water stressed Ltyentye Apurte court case. Poor water quality The decision is expected to Imanpa Water stressed clarify what the word habitable Mutitjulu means. “We won in the NTCAT, and we say houses that an increased likelihood that and obtained compensation have long-term issues with source supply capacity at some for each of our clients. Jasmine Cavanagh from Ltyentye Apurte took on the NT Housing plumbing, electricity and could fail,” the spokesperson However, the decision also Department and won. lack of air conditioning in a said. found that for a house to desert environment are not Finding new water sources be uninhabitable under the habitable,” he told the ABC last through drilling “is very legislation there must be ‘a Jasmine Cavanagh awarded November, when the lawsuit challenging and often these threat to the tenant’s safety’,” was filed. drilling programs have Mr Kelly said. for standing up for her rights Laramba is one of more than moderate prospects for “We think the definition a dozen Central Australian success”. should be wider, and that JASMINE CAVANAGH, Commissioner June Oscar communities with poor water Mr Kelly said his clients habitable houses are houses lead plaintiff in the presented her with the quality. want simple and affordable that give tenants a level of successful Ltyentye Apurte Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Water security is one of the solutions their landlord can ‘reasonable comfort’ and are court case has won a human Community Individual main worries of Central Land put in place. ‘humane’. rights award from the Award. Council delegates, who raise it “We are seeking the “For that reason we Australian Human Rights Ms Cavanagh decided to at every council meeting. installation of a reverse appealed so that the Supreme Commission. take on the government A spokesperson for the NT’s osmosis system in each Court could consider the At a ceremony in Sydney over serious electrical Power Water Corporation premises, which will remove question, and we hope to have on 13 December 2019, faults, a leaking roof, a told the Guardian that most over 90% of uranium from that answer from the court in Aboriginal and Torres Strait broken oven, front door and communities in the CLC the water, and bring the the next few months.” Islander Social Justice shower in her rented house. 10 March 2020 NEWS Aboriginal water reserves good for business TRADITIONAL owners who the money it costs to apply for Davenport and neighboring Ti for traditional owners through available water and if more want to grow crops or fruit them. Tree,” he said. the SAWR. doesn’t become available there commercially on their country “This has meant that until The government has “That’s roughly a quarter will be no water in the SAWR now have a real chance to now, other irrigators have been developed water allocation of total water earmarked for for the traditional owners. secure enough groundwater able to access the available plans for both regions. agriculture and horticulture,” To deal with this unfair for irrigation. water, leaving none to the In the Western Davenport’s he said. situation, the Territory A new law that reserves a traditional owners,” said Mr Central Plains almost all of Some water will also be government has developed a share of the groundwater in Clarke. the available water is for reserved for country - to make policy called use-it-or-lose-it. the Northern Territory for “This has been brought agriculture and horticulture - sure plants and animals that It is intended to, over time, Aboriginal business ventures into sharper focus with the 86,970 megalitres of 87,720. depend on it are protected. take back water from any combined with support from recent legislation allowing Roughly a third of this, In the Western Davenport current licensee not using their the Aboriginal Land and pastoral lease holders to use 26,091 megalitres, has been and Ti Tree areas, these water license. Sea Economic Development grazing land also for irrigated “The SAWR will always be Agency (ALSEDA) and agriculture and horticulture. first in line for any water that Centrefarm make this possible “They can borrow money “After years of being sidelined, becomes available through this at last. from the bank by using their mechanism,” said Mr Clarke. “After years of being leases as security and make countrymen and women will Before anyone can take water sidelined, countrymen and strong applications for water from the SAWR they must get women will finally be able to licenses, leaving no water finally be able to have a share written permission from all have a share of agricultural for land developments by of agricultural development the right traditional owners development in the Territory,” traditional owners.” through the Central Land Joe Clarke, from Centrefarm Mr Clarke said while the in the Territory.” Council, even if the applicants and ALSEDA, said. SAWR is a big step forward, are themselves part of that The law sets aside strategic ALSEDA can further help reserved under the SAWR for ecosystems are mainly group. reserves for Aboriginal people to level the playing field by the traditional owners. plants that rely on shallow The process is similar to the and is known as the strategic giving Aboriginal people access “Their share is calculated groundwater. section 19 leases under the Aboriginal water reserve to capital for commercial by comparing the percentage “Water levels in these areas Aboriginal Land Rights Act. (SAWR). development projects and of Aboriginal land with the should not fall below the Centrefarm and ALSEDA “If we put together the stepping them through the percentage under other established risk level of 15 can help with most of the next SAWR and our economic process. tenure with a 30% maximum,” metres,” Mr Clarke said. steps, from getting a water development strategy, ALSEDA will access capital explains Mr Clarke Ti Tree is an example of an license from the government traditional owners can give from a mixture of grants, “We believe that in the area where all the water has to supporting licensees with non-Aboriginal irrigators some commercial and concessional southern zone of the Ti already been divided up. development planning and healthy competition for water.” loans and investors. Tree water control district, Existing water users, such accessing development money. Traditional owners have “When they ask us ‘how which has yet to be declared, as farmers, pastoralists always been able to apply for much water is in a SAWR?’ approximately 1,500 and miners have already For more information water licenses, but few have we use the example of Western megalitres could be reserved been licensed to take all the call 8953 7070. Got your ground water? These are the next steps:t

If a commercial project is Ask ALSEDA/Centrefarm to help you Ask ALSEDA/Centrefarm feasible and you want it to go ahead, apply for a ground water extraction to help explain the water and soil ask the CLC to consult all the right license. Use the feasibility study to show assessment report from the government. traditional owners. that the project is worthwhile.

If the report is positive, work with If the traditional owner group agrees, When you get the license, ask ALSEDA/Centrefarm on a feasibility study the CLC will provide written consent ALSEDA/Centrefarm to help you go ahead about the commercial use of land and water. and negotiate an agreement. with the development.

ALSEDA/Centrefarm consulted about land and water with traditional owners at Adelaide Bore in 2017: Ross, Robin, Edgar, Bob, Peter and Lachlin Purvis, Joseph Nelson and Joe Clarke. March 2020 11 NEWS Sitting pretty on handcrafted church pews ALPURRURULAM locals Even though most of the are rightly proud of the new workers were youngfellas, furniture in their church. Troytan Age would like to see The wooden pews, benches even more “young guys on the and stage for the church crew”. have been handcrafted “It’s better than them by 12 work-for-the-dole staying home, doing nothing. scheme participants from the It’s good for our community,” community. he said. “We worked on this for two Rowan Webb, from CDP months,” local worker Leo provider Rainbow Gateway, Petrick said. supervised the $27,000 “Now we have 10 benches project with fellow local Eenie and 10 chairs. We are filled Kelly. with pride when our families Mr Webb said members use the church furniture.” of the crew were eager “I’m running the show. We’re doing it ourselves. We don’t need any whitefellas involved.”

Just like with the participants in the project. construction of the church “I feel proud about it itself, the community got because I’m running the show. locals to do the work and We’re doing it ourselves. We used its lease money to pay don’t need any whitefellas for tools and materials. involved. My favourite part Aged between 18 and their was being a leader, being here late 40s, many of the men had with the boys,” Mr Webb said. never turned their hands to He said his men were ready carpentry before. to put in more than the “It was the first time for me standard hours of the federal Andrew Teece hard at work at Alpurrurulam. using the grinder, drills and government’s community sander. I enjoyed building development program, also works for four hours. The new skills are now in demand furniture and carpentry and the furniture. It was all good known as CDP. fellas were keen and fired-up around the region. we’re keen to show them,” he for the community,” Jameson “When you work flat out, and wanted to work all day.” “Other communities want said. Webb said. the time just goes. CDP only Mr Webb said the crew’s to learn how to make this Yuendumu’s bush garden promotes traditional healing YUENDUMU’S new bush “Good work helping the old committee funded the $11,000 medicine and tucker garden at people, sick with dialysis. The project. the dialysis unit has become old people like it. They use the The committee chose the an outdoor classroom for bush medicine to rub their Western Desert Nganampa residents to learn about skin and throat. They feel Waltja Palyantjaku Tjutaku healthy eating and traditional good. When I was working Aboriginal Corporation (better healing. there was a good smell of the known as the Purple House) The community used its medicine.” for the job. mining compensation income Yuendumu’s school kids The Purple House spread to plant the garden. helped with the planting and the word about traditional Local workers Magda Curtis, celebrated the completion of bush medicines and how to stay healthy at the school. Teacher Ormay Gallagher, “Every time we see the garden a dialysis patient, showed the students how to use the bush it makes us feel proud.” medicine plants and Otto Simms told them how some Corey Dempsey and Sebastian the project by painting a mural of the plants were used in Wilson dug trenches, put in they called Nganinjaku miyi hunting. the irrigation system and manu Kuyu pirrjirdi (eating “Every time we see the created the garden beds good food to be strong) at the garden it makes us feel between October 2018 and dialysis unit. proud,” Magda Curtis said. March 2019. Yuendumu’s Granites Mine “We hope to keep working “I liked working there, it was Affected Area Aboriginal at the Purple House and fun,” Mr Wilson said. Corporation (GMAAAC) watching the garden grow.”

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Magda Curtis and Latoya Curtis installed the reticulation. 12 March 2020 NEWS Hand water pumps ready to save more lives SUMMERS have been much destroyed by fire “taking with The pumps are clearly hotter for much longer lately it all their food and water”. signposted and easy to see and that spells danger for The North Tanami Rangers from the road. people travelling along our have checked the pumps a The signs bear the GMAAAC lonely bush roads. couple of times last year and logo so everyone knows that Remote communities have say that they are all in good the Lajamanu community mourned too many loved working order. funded the lifesaving pumps ones who ran out of water Lead ranger Dionne with its mining compensation after their cars broke down, Kelly said the pumps “are income. and one community has important. They always get “Staying safe on the road taken action in an attempt to prevent another tragedy. Three community-funded “They always get used, hand water pumps along the Lajamanu Road in the remote when people are out hunting, Tanami region stand ready to even when they break down.” save the lives of travellers and they have already been used. used, when people are out also means taking plenty “The emergency water hunting, even when they of water and fuel with you, point near Jirlpiri was used break down”. telling someone which way recently,” North Tanami The Centre for Appropriate you’re travelling, where you ranger co-ordinator Craig Technology designed and plan to arrive and when, and Reid said. installed the pumps in 2011 to stay with your car if you Mr Reid said the pump as part of a Granites Mine break down,” Mr Kelly said. proved a lifesaver after the Affected Area Aboriginal Silas James tests the hand pump at Number 8 Bore. car of a hunting party was Corporation project. Watarrka families invest in their homelands WATARRKA traditional owners have invested in the future of their outstations with recent upgrades to Iltjiltjarri and Sandy Bore outstations. The upgrades, funded through their NT parks income, mean more family can spend time out bush connecting to culture and country. Watarrka traditional owners old tin and anything,” Bessie install more solar panels. spent $40,000 on getting Liddle said. “With this increased power Ngurratjuta to upgrade their “I think we should use our we have a lot more options,” solar power, install rainwater (park rent) money this way traditional owner and working and septic tanks, irrigation to build it better. My son and group member Sydney and shade for the vegetable family have done all this. Maloney said. gardens of Iltjiltjarri. They’ve worked really hard to “Lots more people can come The Liddle family designed make this place. Now we’ve and stay or visit and in the and implemented the project got solar power and nice future maybe we could have with Ngurratjuta. buildings. It’s looking really a tourism venture or other “We started building our lovely.” business. homeland with any old bits At Sandy Bore, traditional “Before we had the houses, and pieces we could find. owners allocated more than but not enough power for all Things we found at the $31,000 to upgrade the the families to stay.” “We started building our homeland”: Bessie Liddle. rubbish dump, and bits of existing power supply and New workshop: Likkaparta is cooking with gas INCOME from the Northern The upgrades will allow the David, Aiden and James Gas Pipeline has paid for community to host artist and Johnny, Clinton Weston and some big improvements at youth education camps at the Tony Foster worked on the an outstation near Tennant outstation and also provide a upgrades. Creek. place to store machinery and They helped build the Kurtinja traditional owners equipment. ablution block with disabled from the Warumungu access, a workshop with three Aboriginal Land Trust decided bays, poured a concrete floor to invest some of the money “We put that in the kitchen and added a in mobile phone reception to veranda. make Likkaparta homeland money aside The project cost a little more safer. than $430,000. They also built a new shower because we The group also asked the and toilet block, a large needed Central Land Council to hire workshop for mechanical Outback Internet to install repairs and storing machinery, to fix up two mobile repeater towers and upgraded their communal for just under $10,000. kitchen. Likkaparta.” Money well spent, according “We put that money aside to the residents, because because we needed to fix up The group chose Tangentyere worries about how to call an Likkaparta,” Kurtinja working Constructions for the project ambulance in an emergency is group member Jeffrey Foster on the condition that they now a thing of the past. James Johnny (left) and Clinton Weston built a large workshop. said. employ local workers. March 2020 13 NEWS Laramba women celebrate ceremony shelter AMY Stafford reckons Laramba’s new, purpose built ceremony shelter is one of a kind. “When I went to other communities I didn’t see any building like this,” the elder said. Almost two years ago, Ms Stafford told Laramba’s community lease money working group that local women needed a better place to hold their ceremonies and for the safe keeping of important items. “We put a sign on there – no men.”

“I look after all the woman’s stuff, old people were using that a long time ago [and it’s] still here,” she said. The group listened to her and Laramba Community Incorporated, the landholding body, agreed to use Laramba’s community lease income to fund a safe and secure ceremony space a short walk from the community’s centre. Tangentyere Constructions and local worker Luke Wallace built the $37,000 shelter, which is made from a shipping container with a shady veranda where the women can paint up. “Really good for when we’re starting ceremony,” Ms Stafford said. “We can shelter from the rain, (and) we’ll put a sign on “Really good for when we’re starting ceremony”: Laramba’s new women’s ceremony shelter (inset). there – no men.” Kintore gathering launches men’s movement SENIOR men in Kintore region discussed kids being have joined a new movement out at night, wagging school to help young fellas stay off and failing to learn their drugs and alcohol. culture. The elders gathered western Kintore’s community lease desert men together for a money committee provided five-day meeting near Kintore $11,000 for the gathering in June to think about new where the senior men ways to pass on their law and painted up and performed culture. songs, made sand art and taught songs, dances and tool making. “The little Women and children joined the men for a big purlapa boys were so (ceremony) at the end of the happy and week. Mr Millier said the youngest proud.” community members kicked off the preparations. “If you don’t have the song “The little boys started for your dreaming maybe to gather around me as the you are missing it and you men dressed me with the feel bad about it,” Jamie womalu (down feather body Millier, the manager of the decorations). men’s tjilirra (hand tools) “The little boys were so movement program, said. happy and proud. Then more “Some people fill it with men came and started to drugs and alcohol to make the dress up. This would be the bad feeling go away.” first time in a long time for Grandfathers, fathers and men to dance, not just the grandsons from across the boys,” Mr Millier explained. The men showed off the tools they made at Kintore. 14 March 2020 NEWS Cemetery fence brings peace to West Waterhouse THE traditional owners from the Tjoritja/West MacDonnell Ranges National Park are known for looking after their cemeteries, and the Boggy Hole working group is no exception. “We built the fence to protect the flowers from the rabbits, to keep the stock from going over the graveyard.”

Protecting the last resting Graham Silverton (left) digs holes for fence posts at the West Waterhouse cemetery. place of their loved ones at the West Waterhouse outstation “We built the fence to protect Silverton said. my brother, my son and my and the fencing contractor from horses, cattle and rabbits the flowers from the rabbits, to “We worked together with nephew.” to ensure the resting place of has cost the group almost keep the stock from going over land council and Sydney Graham laboured for three their loved ones is a beautiful $19,000 of their rent income the graveyard, to keep them Maloney to make it happen. days with David and Josh one. from the park. safe,” group member Graham I worked on the fence with Silverton, William Palmer Williams family invest in Uluperte outstation THE Williams family has a workers joined the family at fine reason to be proud of the Uluperte for two nights. new fences and shady decks They reviewed the finished at their outstation in the East project and visited sites MacDonnell Ranges. around the outstation with The family invested time, the rangers. effort and more than $114,000 The rangers slashed a fire of their rent income from the break around buildings and national park in Uluperte, also fences and plan to return to known as Junction Bore, in repair some camel damage. their infrastructure. The camp was a special The Central Land Council opportunity for the whole “We did this project so we can have a good clean home for the grandchildren and a good life.” hired the Centre for Williams clan to show the Appropriate Technology grandkids around their to help the family with the country. project. “We feel at home now that Traditional owners Jeremy we’ve got our grandkids here Williams and Anton McMillan for the first time,” Sharon Jo Palmer, Paul Williams and Ian Young. Jeremy Williams works on the new deck. worked with CAT to replace Williams said. the old decking around two of the houses with a low maintenance product. “The old veranda was a bit dangerous, old timber from the ATSIC days, terrible splinters,” explained Francesca Williams. The workers used the same product to screen the verandas. “We did this project so we can have a good clean home for the grandchildren and a good life,” Ms Williams said. She said they also fixed up fences with chain mesh, barbed wire and new gates because that “keeps out camels and cattle which might destroy our home”. Last October, the CLC’s Ltyentye Apurte ranger group and community development The Williams clan on their new veranda.

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March 2020 17 NEWS Anangu showcase their community projects at Uluru ANANGU have used the They explained how Uluru climb closure to show co-contributions from off what they have achieved governments could make with their share of the the traditional owners’ national park’s gate money. investments stretch further. On the afternoon before “Now I have a much better the celebration, traditional understanding of what the owners gave politicians, community development senior public servants program does. It will help me and selected media a tour make decisions,” Mr Griggs of Mutitjulu’s pool and said. surrounding recreation area. The more than 60 children Chief executive of the enjoying the small pool National Indigenous during the visit would have Australians Agency Ray left Mr Griggs in no doubt Griggs and some of his about the pool’s enduring colleagues, NT opposition popularity. leader Gary Higgins and The families visiting journalists from the ABC and Mutitjulu for the climb Guardian learned that the closure celebration and the “That money, we use it everywhere for swimming pool, bush trips, dialysis, lots

of good things for community.” Joshua Smythe and Elrika Taylor had fun taking over one of Guardian photographer Mike Bowers’ cameras during the media and VIP visit at Mutijulu’s pool. project has so far invested midday heat helped boost the $14 million in more than number of swimmers. 100 projects in communities Elder Reggie Uluru swapped across the region. his wheel chair for a special Elder Ngoi Ngoi Donald, lift to cool off in the pool with a member of the Uluru his grandson Andre. rent money working group, He was back refreshed as welcomed the visitors to the night descended on Talinguru busy pool. Nyakunytjaku (the sunrise Along the inside of the pool viewing area), beating out the fence, the guests saw a display rhythm with two ceremonial of large, laminated posters of boomerangs as Anangu projects traditional owners communities performed had planned and funded in inma in front of hundreds of other communities of the guests. region since 2005. The Central Australian “That money, we use it Aboriginal Women’s Choir everywhere for swimming sang and Shelley Morris pool, bush trips, dialysis, accompanied a choir of lots of good things for Mutitjulu students, before community,” Ms Donald said. Trevor Adamson, Shane CLC chief executive Joe Howard, Peter Garrett and Martin-Jard and community three community bands got development manager Ian everyone dancing. Sweeney talked about the Not a bad end to a successful history, governance and afternoon of advocacy. future plans of the Uluru rent More photos of the Kungkas from Amata and Ernabella danced at the Uluru climb closure celebrations. Some dancers at the celebration money project. celebration on p. 31. later went on to perform at the Sydney Opera House. “We’d like to show them what the place is really about.” AS the sun set on Uluru on the These places you see are afternoon the climb closed for surrounded by so many great good, Central Land Council homelands and so much chair Sammy Wilson invited a tjukurrpa,” he said. couple of journalists to Patji, Mr Wilson believes when his family’s homeland. the locals educate visitors He told the ABC and the about “what the place is really Guardian that the future of the about” the consequences “What I’m looking at around me is beautiful country, great country that we want to take people into.” region’s tourism are Anangu- could be far-reaching. run visitor experiences outside “You never know whether the national park that open the little boy or the little girl peoples’ hearts and minds. you are taking on your tour “What I’m looking at around and teaching about your me is beautiful country, great culture may grow up and be country that we want to take the leader of the country one people into. day.” Sammy Wilson escaped the media pack to his outstation on the last day of the Uluru climb. 18 March 2020 NEWS Haasts Bluff land trust to complete largest desert refuge

A NEW indigenous protected management practices with Residents of the community area in Central Australia will Western science to protect near the West Australian become another piece in the their cultures, animals and border have lobbied for a jigsaw puzzle that is already plants while also creating ranger group for many years. the world’s largest desert area economic opportunities. With funding from the 10 of protected Aboriginal land. Voluntary agreements with Deserts Project, Kintore elders A grant to turn the Haasts the Australian Government have been teaching young Bluff Aboriginal Land Trust attract ongoing land people about the ecology of into an IPA, announced by management funding and the threatened great desert Environment Minister Sussan resources to these areas. skink, carried out burning Proposed IPA on Ley late last year, could The Central Land Council is activities and undertaken an the Haasts Bluff ALT expand a threatened species waiting for a $320,000 grant archaeological survey of a refuge along the Northern from Ms Ley’s department significant site. Territory’s border with that will allow it to start “We’ve got to teach young Western Australia and South developing the new IPA. people about this country and Australia to around 40 million It will use the grant they have got to look after it for hectares. to support community the future, you know? Work The yet-to-be named IPA consultation and planning, on country,” CLC delegate would border the Southern before the traditional owners Tommy Conway told the ABC. and Northern Tanami IPAs of the land trust make a The traditional owners of in the north, the Kiwirrkurra final decision on whether to the land trust want to protect and Ngaanyatjarra IPAs in the dedicate their country as an endangered central rock rats, new IPAs in the Northern west and the Katiti Petermann IPA. black-footed rock wallabies, Territory, Queensland and IPA and five adjoining South They hope with the IPA bilbies and other threatened South Australia will provide Australian IPAs in the south. declaration will come more species. further significant biodiversity This vast network would jobs for Aboriginal rangers. CLC regional land benefits, protecting habitats form a haven for threatened The CLC’s nine Anangu management officer Nick for threatened species and Ashburner said an IPA would managing threats from be “great for the wildlife”. invasive weeds and feral “We’ve got to teach young “There’s bilbies all the way species”. through, there’s brush-tailed “The IPAs will also deliver people about this country and mulgaras and the princess social, economic and they have got to look after it parrot is not really found cultural benefits, including elsewhere,” he said. employment for Indigenous for the future, you know? Some believe incredibly rare Land and Sea Managers, night parrots may survive in knowledge transfer between Work on country.” the area. generations, support for The proposed new land language and culture and animals and plants, and help Luritjiku Rangers in Papunya trust is one of seven across Indigenous role models for protect cultural sites managed are currently the only land Australia that together would youth,” Ms Ley explained. by Aboriginal rangers under managers looking after the grow the nation’s IPA network She said more than 900 the guidance of traditional 3.9 million hectare area to over 100 million hectares, Kintore delegate Tommy Conway. Aboriginal and Torres Strait owners. earmarked for the IPA, but the an area similar to the size of Islander employees work IPAs are areas where announcement has rekindled South Australia. already the world’s largest IPA on “achieving large-scale Aboriginal people combine Kintore’s hopes for a CLC The additions would network by almost one third. conservation outcomes” under customary land and sea ranger group of its own. increase the scale of what is Minister Ley said the “seven the IPA program. Yapa fund digital guide for looking after their country YAPA have brought their Tanami Yatijarra Walya “This is for all Warlpiri. It is (www.walyaku.org.au), understand more about the written management plan Ngurra uses video, audio, important to us,” elder Jerry which inspired the Ngurra IPA because the storybook is for the Northern Tanami maps and animation in Jangala Patrick said at the storybook. out now. We can show it to Indigenous Protected Area Warlpiri and English to guide Ngurra storybook launch in The GMAAAC committee the kids to teach them about to life as a bilingual digital the elders and rangers who Lajamanu. hopes the storybook will help culture and country so they storybook. look after the IPA. “Our IPA is still happening younger Yapa in particular can teach their kids in the after 13 years. Everyone is to get involved in seasonal future,” Ms Wilson said. very interested and they burning, feral animal Elder Molly Napurrurla want to learn from the digital management and looking Tasman said the storybook storybook.” after threatened native plants teaches the community about Lajamanu’s Granites Mine and animals. the time before settlements. Affected Area Aboriginal Corporation Committee invested $250,000 of “They want to learn from the the community’s mining compensation income in the digital storybook.” storybook at www.ngurra. com. At the storybook launch in “The storybook is good Local employment was high November, lead ranger Dione because young people can on everyone’s wish list and the Jangala Kelly paid tribute to see places where their project delivered in spades. his predecessors. great grandfathers and More than 100 Yapa “We’d like to thank the grandmothers used to travel helped to design, translate first rangers and those old from place to place,” Ms and produce videos for traditional owners who made Tasman said. the storybook, with many the original IPA plan of The storybook is everywhere organising bush trips to the management on how to look in Lajamanu. It has been shooting locations and taking after our country,” Mr Kelly installed on computers at the part in the video shoots. said. learning centre and school, “It was a huge team effort “The IPA came from their and every household has and everyone who contributed idea. We are carrying it on.” received a USB stick with the feels such joy to see it on the Ranger Helen Nungarrayi videos. screen,” the project’s creative Wilson said the digital format The videos are also on director, Julia Burke, said. will make it easier for the high rotation on Indigenous Ms Burke also managed community and the rangers Community TV and their web Julia Burke (top left) watches Lajamanu kids use the digital storybook. the successful 2016 Southern to learn about the IPA. channel ICTV PLAY. Tanami IPA digital storybook “The community can March 2020 19 NEWS Elders and rangers celebrate decade of fighting fire with fire DAGURAGU’S Murnkurru- murnkurru Rangers hosted their colleagues and elders from five communities for the 10th annual meeting of the Central Land Council’s warlu (fire) committee. They singled out Gurindji elder Paddy Doolak, who has attended every single one of these meetings, for special praise. With other long-time champions on the committee, Mr. Doolak has contributed to and reviewed more ranger work plans than he cares to remember. The committee meets once a year to review ranger fire management activities across the Tanami region and plan for the year ahead. “The meetings are great,” ranger George Sambo said. “We network with other rangers and find out tips and tricks from one another and see if they’re having issues similar to ours and what solutions they’ve come up with.” At the meeting the rangers George Sambo, Paddy Doolak and Time Leane with the planning map the warlu committee created. combine the knowledge of senior traditional owners rain meant that there was not fires lit under mild conditions for the next fire season in the “Like any job, you need to with satellite images, maps enough fuel in many areas to are better for plants and Tanami Desert it also heard develop skills and processes and expert advice to make fire go ahead with cool winter animals.” how its plan aligns with the that keep everyone safe.” plans that are right for culture burns. The 10 Deserts Project is project’s fire strategy. Ranger Nelson Tex enjoys and country. However, fires in October the work. At their latest meeting, in had burned too hot and “We get to see the country October 2019 the elders and reminded everyone why it’s “We network with other rangers and take flights to look at rangers from four groups important to burn earlier in waterholes. You really learn a discussed how the prolonged the season, while it’s cooler. and find out tips and tricks from one lot and then make plans with dry weather affected their “Burning under mild another and see if they’re having the rangers to care for a larger burning schedule. conditions makes for a less portion of the land’, he said. The lack of intense fire,” Tim Leane, from issues similar to us and what The three-day anniversary the 10 Deserts Project, said. meeting wasn’t all work, no “These fires are often patchy solutions they’ve come up with.” play. and are less likely to scorch As attentive hosts, the the crown of trees or burn a national alliance of land “One of the focuses of the Daguragu crew took the through management organisations project is arial burning. Many participants to Marlukularni hollow that includes the CLC. of the elders have accepted waterhole to escape the heat. logs. So, As the committee planned aerial burning,” said Mr Leane.

What is the type of work you do as a What do you like doing outside of ranger? work? Fixing fences, getting rid of weeds and Being out bush, going hunting for other things that need to be done out kangaroo and other bush foods. bush. What would you say to the Prime What languages do you speak? Minister about rangers? Arrernte and English. Rangers are important to keep the country healthy. We look after What made you want to be a ranger? important areas. I’ve been a ranger for three years, this is my third year. I wanted to be able to look after the country.

What is the best thing about being a ranger? I’m from this area, so getting to look after my country.

What are some of the hard things? When it’s really hot, working out in the Kelvin Kopp heat. Ltyentye Apurte Rangers

20 March 2020 NEWS Extinction fighters meet up near Uluru ASHLEY Paddy was looking colleague Grant Cooley, also Mr Cooley said the saying ranger gatherings help great feeling to see so many after tjakura, or greater desert from Mutitjulu, is fascinated conferences and other ranger keep Aboriginal ecological people, whose jobs it is to look skink, long before he became by bilbies. gatherings are a great source knowledge strong. after their country, gathered a ranger. “I have seen tracks, but of inspiration. “The IDA conference brings in one place. “When I was younger, the never saw one in the wild,” he He also attended the Species the science and Anangu “It makes me proud to look elders told me how to look said. of the Desert Festival in bring the knowledge. We are around the room and see men after tjakura and we want to Both men were part of the Kimberley, where local communicating and learning and women rangers from all do the same for the future the 40-strong Central Land rangers had discovered the both ways and sharing over the desert, across five generations because they Council team which joined incredibly rare night parrot everything,” Mr Cooley said. states and territories, some might become extinct,” he “These conferences are of whom have travelled said. good for the country, for the thousands of kilometres to be Mr Paddy, from the Tjakura “I am thinking there could be animals and the vegetation. here, to tell their story about Rangers in Mutitjulu, learned They keep our people alive by how they are protecting their about the extinction crisis night parrots out here, too.” bringing back what they used lands,” Mr Kenny said. facing Australia during the to do, living off the land with The next IDA conference is sixth annual Indigenous other alliance members during a bilby survey. bush tucker.” planned for November. Desert Alliance (IDA) from across the country for “I saw where they set up Conference participants also conference – the first held in the conference at Yulara last camera traps,” Mr Cooley discussed fire management, Photo: Malya Teamay the Northern Territory. November. said. tourism and the joint (with tjakura), Nicole “The conference is good The CLC rangers show- “Some of the places they’ve management of national Forrester, Ashley Paddy because I hear about the cased their work during shown me look like the Katiti parks. and Grant Cooley. other threatened species. presentations to around 300 Petermann Indigenous CLC ranger co-ordinator There were animals I was not participants. Protected Area, so I am Benjamin Kenny used to chair familiar with,” he said. Members of the CLC’s thinking there could be night the IDA, an alliance of 25 His newest ranger group proudly parrots out here, too.” Aboriginal land management guided their peers to burrows He welcomed the organisations from across of the threatened tjakura, from opportunity to attend the desert Australia. which they take their name. IDA conference, He says it’s a

Native title claimants paint Nyterrm Dreaming NATIVE TITLE claimants working on the Mount Skinner and Woodgreen pastoral leases native title claim have painted boards at Boundary Bore to document their claim. “The boards represent the Ntyerrm (dogwood seed) Dreaming that travels from the Eastern Anmetyerr estate of Alhalker Atnangker westwards, to the Warlpiri estate Ntyerrme-kurlangu, in the Yindjirbi Range,” anthropologist Craig Elliott explained. “The linear bands of yellow, red and white dots represent the dogwood seeds in Alhalker Atnangker country.” The design and story are part of research the Central Land Council conducted for the native title claim. Randall Long, Clancy Long, Elton Ross, Reggie Clubb and Antonio Long stake their claim to their country with painted boards.

March 2020 21 NEWS Yuendumu turns to sport to boost school attendance

Bon Bon Wilson, Whitney White, Kathleen Spencer and Shawnika Brown, from Yuendumu, aboard a boat cruise in Darwin.

A PROGRAM that uses and elders since 2017. Yapa for around 4,000 hours with Wanta for four years After school, there are excursions and activities to Last year, it organised 18 per year to deliver the project and organises the breakfast football, basketball and help keep kids interested in excursions to communities to students and their families, program. softball games. school has been backed by and outstations, Alice Springs and to undertake training “The kid’s favourite is Bush trips, cooking classes the Yuendumu community and Darwin to reward such as first aid certificates. pancakes. They come here and pool competitions are for another three years. students for good attendance also popular and continue Yuendumu’s School and behaviour. during the school holidays. Academy program delivers The trip to the Territory’s “Some kids come at seven The students have been many exciting activities that capital was for 12 senior and wait for the teachers learning to cook meals make kids want to go to students who attended school with ingredients from the school. more than 60 per cent of the to open the gates!” local shops and can now The community’s Granites time. prepare fried rice, spaghetti Mine Affected Area “Sometimes we take the Donisha Granites is one of early every morning. Some bolognaise, nachos, pancakes Aboriginal Corporation kids on school excursions,” those employees and loves kids come at seven and wait and banana bread for their Committee is using its mining school attendance officer her work. for the teachers to open the families. compensation income to keep Julie-Ann Rice said. “The girls are fun to work gates,” she said. In 2019, the committee the popular program going “If kids come to school with,” she said. During recess and lunch allocated more than for three more years. every day we help them enrol “The best bit about the job breaks, students can use the $500,000 to support the The Wanta Aboriginal in boarding school.” is spending time with the sports academy room to play program until 2022. Corporation has run the The GMAAAC committee senior girls.” pool and video games, watch program with the local school funds Wanta to employ six Julie-Ann Rice has worked movies and draw. Balgo School slam dunks with new basketball court

STUDENTS at Balgo’s blackboard where students can Kutjungka Trade Training use chalk to write, do maths Centre say their new half and draw during art classes. basketball court keeps them The community decided to bouncing off to school all day, fund the court to encourage every day. senior students to stay on the “Really cool and deadly” were school grounds during recess “We were playing on the dirt, now it's a good basketball court.” just some of the comments and lunch, and ready to keep greeting the concrete court, learning after the break. which replaces a single basket Balgo’s Granites Mine on a post in the red sand. Affected Area Aboriginal “We were playing on the Corporation Committee dirt, now it’s a good basketball combined $30,800 of court,” secondary student Ali the community’s mining Magomarra said. “Since they compensation income with put it in, I learnt to dunk on it”. funding from the Luurnpa “Thank you. We love it,” said Catholic School and East his classmate Benji Brown. Kimberley Job Pathways to Raylene Mclarty, Lloyd Gibson, Benjamin Brown, Alister Nagomarra, Scott Boxer, Anton Whisput, Eli Gill, The court doubles as a giant pay for it. Albert Boxer, Marjorie Guguman and Sherry Boxer.

22 March 2020 NEWS Ntaria’s Western Bulldogs kick a big goal NTARIA’S historical Design to work with it on the Hermannsburg Football concept for the clubrooms. Club has opened its first Tangentyere Constructions clubrooms, funded and built was hired for the build and by the community itself and employed four locals for 10 decorated with photos of weeks late last year. generations of players. “I wanted a couple of young “The photo exhibition is fellas to work on it for good just lovely, all those famous wages,” Mr Inkamala said. goal kickers from our club,” “We need local people to be Mildred Inkamala, a member involved.” of the Ntaria community lease The working group also money working group, said. made sure locals would get “Now we’ve got photos of the job of operating the them for the young ones to clubrooms. see if they want to follow in Mr Inkamala is proud that their footsteps. I feel happy another local Aboriginal and proud of what I’ve done organisation, the Tjuwanpa for this community and I’m Outstation Resource Centre, going to keep going because I has agreed to operate the think about our kids’ future.” clubrooms for the next five Club president Mark years. Inkamala, also a member of “Tjuwanpa’s going to look “This is the first time we’ve had clubrooms.” the working group, came up after the place, maintain it with the idea and then set if anything is broken, and about doing his homework. pay the water and electricity. “The Hermannsburg football We’ve put money away for the club started in 1930,” he said. next five years.” “I had to do a lot of He said the football club research to find out when it won’t have to pay rent because started, digging through the “it’s on our land, Western old Lutheran archives. This Aranda land, and it’s for the is the first time we’ve had community itself’. clubrooms.” The opening of the building Three years ago, he was one of the year’s highlights persuaded his fellow working for Mildred Inkamala. group members to invest “The community feels happy $650,000 in the project. and proud of this wonderful Following detailed planning football club we’ve got here with the Central Land Council, for the Western Bulldogs,” the group chose Tangentyere she said. The construction crew that built the footy club rooms. Below: Mark Inkamala cuts the ribbon at the clubroom opening.

LOOKING FOR WORK? The CLC’s employment support team helps job seekers to write resumes and job applications and to prepare for interviews. We support employers to develop strategies to find and keep Aboriginal workers. We also talk to schools and community groups about job opportunities. Contact the CLC on 8951 6211 or [email protected] March 2020 23 NEWS Arrernte language learning goes digital ELDER MK Turner reckons not found in English young people have just run and some neighbouring out of excuses for not learning Aboriginal languages, such Arrernte. as Pitjantjatjara and Warlpiri. “Now it’s on your phone and These sounds can be difficult you can learn it. You don’t for beginners to pronounce have to say, ‘No I can’t learn but Arrernte.angkentye.online it because I can’t see it’,” Ms aims to change this. Turner said at the launch of Its launch at Apmere Australia’s newest digital Angkentye-kenhe (Place for language resource. Language) in the heart of “It’s really good for young Mparntwe (Alice Springs) people now that it’s online,” took place on a lovely evening she said. late in November, in front of Arrernte.angkentye.online a relaxed, multilingual and consists of the online version multicultural crowd. “Now it’s on your phone and you can learn it.” of the revised Eastern and MC Amelia Turner paid Central Arrernte Learners special tribute to Ms Swan Wordlist by the Institute “who has always been fighting for Aboriginal Development to preserve language”. (IAD). “It was one of those events It contains audio recordings that makes you happy to from Eastern and Central be a member of this rich Arrernte speakers such Carol community,” the Batchelor Turner Kngwarraye, Therese Institute’s Angela Harrison said. Ryder Perrurle, Margaret Batchelor’s Centre for Turner Kemarre, Felicity Australian Languages and This online tool takes the cake: Therese Ryder Perrurle (left) and Margaret Turner Kemarre. Hayes Angale, Veronica Linguistics collaborated on with teachers and linguists in teach Arrernte. Indigimoji app (bottom left). Dobson Perrurle, Wyonna the new online resource with the 1990s to decide how to Felicity Hayes said she teaches This app has 90 emoji Palmer Peltharre and IAD, the University of Western spell the language. Arrernte “so in the future they stickers that represent Christobel Swan. Australia, Akeyulerre, Once they had sorted the can teach it themselves”. Arrernte words and concepts. Most of them also helped to Apmere Angkentye-kenhe spelling, they started to Speaking in both Arrernte It is for native speakers and direct and design the online and Children’s Ground, using produce language resources and English, Carol Turner those who want to strengthen project. a grant from the Newman’s and develop curricula urged Arrernte speakers to get their understanding of the “We’ve been working on this Own Foundation. (learning plans). involved in the school programs. language and is available project to give people who Veronica Dobson explained Thanks to their efforts, all Another handy digital through the App Store or want to learn Arrernte the how elders from the Arrernte Alice Springs schools now tool to learn language is the Google Play. opportunity to learn it more language community worked easily, now that it’s online,” Therese Ryder said. There is a reason why the project targets the young. Of Australia’s original 300 or more spoken languages, only an estimated 13 are still spoken by children today. Alice Springs is the largest town in Australia where Aboriginal children grow up speaking the local language. Although spoken Arrernte remains relatively strong, it has been difficult for people to learn to read and write the language. That’s partly because it has a number of sounds

Arrernte language custodians and teachers (left to right) Carol Turner Kngwarraye, Amelia Turner Kngwarraye (MC), Therese Ryder Perrurle, Indigemojis are another digital Margaret Turner Kemarre, Felicity Hayes Angale, Veronica Dobson Perrurle, Wyonna Palmer Peltharre during a panel discussion at Angkentye- learning tool. kenhe (place for language). 24 March 2020 NEWS Tribute to Jupurrurla - Man of Media MEDIA trailblazer, leader “I think the biggest thing and a man of culture – few I learnt from Francis was Central Australians deserve a realising the power of media film tribute more than Francis and being able to utilise it in Jupurrurla Kelly. a way to empower people, Josef Jakamarra Egger’s really getting peoples stories documentary about the out there and also the way filmmaker and former Central he’s been able to use language Land Council chair does more and really keeping language than celebrate Jupurrurla’s strong,” he said. achievements, it fills a gap “Francis has been in my life in our understanding of the since I was born, I’ve grown history of remote Aboriginal up watching Bush Mechanics media. and Manyu Wana. I was just Jupurrurla – Man of Media curious about the fact that his follows Mr Kelly’s life from his story wasn’t actually out there early bush childhood to his which intrigued me.” contribution to the success of In 1985, when satellite Francis Jupurrurla Kelly at his birthplace Luurnpakurlangu on Mt Doreen Station. Photo: Ronin Films. Warlpiri Anmatyere Pintubi television came into Media, better known as PAW remote Central Australian focus on culture and language. to teach the local kids to make around 1928. Media. communities, Jupurrurla “Kids learn European life, radio Yapa way, remembering Between these films he acted The director/producer and his brother-in-law not their Aboriginal life. listener “requests, non-stop in PAW Media productions captures Jupurrurla on the requests” for songs. such as Manyu Wana (1988) country of his birth as well The success of PAW which Mr Kelly describes as as in Yuendumu, telling his “The fact that his story Media’s radio station saw “kids’ Sesame Street but Yapa stories. the organisation expand way”, and the famous Bush He intercuts his interviews into television, allowing Mechanics series (2001). with footage that shows wasn’t actually out there Jupurrurla to spread his Jupurrurla – Man of how far PAW Media has wings as a filmmaker and Media, which screened on come while staying true to intrigued me.” actor. NITV and is on SBS On Jupurrurla’s early vision His first film Trip to Lapi Demand, documents a legacy “media is us, not other people. Japanangka Granites set up When they come back to Lapi was based on a burning that should make him proud. How we deal with it is through PAW Media, which was then their communities they have trip out on country near Lake He inspired many the land and through our known as Warlpiri Media, in nothing - only loaded with Mackay with the Pintupi mob. indigenous people around people.” Yuendumu. European life and way of His most recent, Coniston Australia, showing us that While filming, Mr Egger They wanted to create a teaching,” Mr Kelly recalls. (produced in 2013 with his just because you live out said that he learnt a thing or space where Yapa could His media career started friend and collaborator David bush, it doesn’t mean that you two from filming a man who make their own media for in radio. When Yuendumu Batty), tells the story of the can’t follow your passion and he has known his whole life. the community, with a strong installed a receiver, he decided massacres of the ‘killing times’ dreams. Women want to be seen, not counted DEATHS caused by domestic From the camps to break down male and female taking action. and tell her own truth. violence often become Canberra, the members of the stereotypes, host a visit “It is really important There was a moment statistics, numbers that hide Tangentyere Women’s Family from TV presenter Kerri- that the people of Australia where she had to hand over who the person was, where Safety Group are taking Anne Kennerly and talk to become aware that we want the director’s chair to the they come from or what they people on a journey from their politicians in Parliament them to hear us out. We are youngest member Connie were like. own experiences of domestic House. that voice for our women and Shaw, the daughter of Central Not Just Numbers is a violence to their plans for a Shirleen Campbell, director girls who don’t get heard or Land Council deputy chair documentary by women from better future. of Not Just Numbers and co- listened to,” she said. Barbara Shaw. Alice Springs town camps They say that making ordinator of the group, wants Truth telling is a main theme “I had to step away because about their campaign to make change means to learn ‘deep Australians to hear their of the film, and Ms Campbell I got sick and I gave the these deaths a thing of the listening’. voices. captures the raw moments of opportunity to one of our past. Their documentary shows “It was my idea to create our strength and sadness. youngest women. I was a These women are fighting to how they use the technique own film, about the work we She gives each member of mentor at the time and we be seen, not counted. to create campaigns to do as women in town camps the group a moment to shine both enjoyed the experience,” she said. “We are that voice for our women and girls who don’t get heard or listened to.” Speaking up is what makes the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group a force to be reckoned with, saying ‘no’ to violence and ‘yes’ to a future free of domestic violence. This film says there’s no shame in speaking up, and tells others, who may be going through the same thing, that they are not alone. Documentary director Shirleen Campbell (in red top, back row) with the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group.

March 2020 25 NEWS Rossy honoured twice in one year DAVID Ross AM richly Aboriginal leaders and all deserves the twin honours spheres of government,” Mr bestowed on him. Martin-Jard said. The Central Land Council’s Mr Ross guided the CLC’s former director joined the transition from an agency board of the AFL Northern that won land claims to an Territory only weeks before organisation with growing land he gained membership to an management and community even more exclusive club - the development programs that general division of the Order of provide employment for Australia. Aboriginal people on their The award for Mr Ross’ country. service to his community was In 2005, he became an early “warmly welcomed by the champion of the Warlpiri CLC’s constituents, members Education and Training Trust and staff, all the more so (WETT), an initiative of a because he has never sought group of female educators the limelight,” CLC chief from remote communities in executive Joe Martin-Jard said. the Tanami Desert that has “He is a famously humble leader who has always focussed on serving his ‘bosses’ out bush and getting the job done. His integrity is legendary.” “From leaving his mark on so far invested more than $34 the national Aboriginal land million of gold mining royalties rights struggle to guiding the in almost 200 projects for life- CLC’s successful ranger and long education and training. community development WETT advisory committee programs, Mr Ross is an chair Cynthia Wheeler called outstanding leader who has Mr Ross “an inspiration to done so much to advance the both Yapa and Kartiya”. rights and improve the lives of The WETT kicked off the Aboriginal people in Central CLC’s community development Australia,” he said. program through which David Ross talks treaty at Barunga in 2018. “He is a famously humble Aboriginal people have leader who has always focussed invested almost $117 million “That the program has grown and is close to his heart.” on serving his ‘bosses’ out bush in projects they control. from strength to strength is due Despite admitting to having and getting the job done. His Mr Martin-Jard said the to the extraordinary personal two left feet, Mr Ross now integrity is legendary.” program has inspired a similar commitment of Mr Ross over wants to bring the same passion He was part of the Aboriginal program at the Northern the past decade to Aboriginal to growing Aussie Rules footy leadership group that advised Land Council, and other employment and control,” he “for all Territorians”, especially former Prime Minister Paul Aboriginal communities, “and said. those in remote communities. Keating about the Native Title organisations around Australia “The same can be said about “If I can be of any help in Act. look to it as an example of how our Aboriginal ranger program moving football forward I’m “He has achieved the rare they can drive positive change which started in 2000. It more than happy to give my distinction of being both highly through their income from employs a hundred men and full support,” he said. respected by the nation’s land use agreements”. women in remote communities Any questions about CLC business? Recognition for our experienced educators at last Call your regional officers 1. ALICE SPRINGS A GROUP of senior educators The Northern Territory’s committed contributions to accept the awards on World Aaron Kopp, from four remote Tanami education minister, Selena education. Teachers Day last October. 89 51 6264 communities have finally Uibo, awarded nine teachers “For thousands of “We were privileged to get received the public recognition from Willowra, Nyirrpi, generations, the Warlpiri this award for our teaching,” 2. SOUTH WEST they deserve. Yuendumu and Lajamanu people have maintained strong Ms Martin said. Wayne Clarke, for their language, culture, traditions, “We have been working a 89 51 0577 long and customs and laws, and thanks very long time. We all stood up to the tireless work of these there on the stage. We were so 3. NORTH WEST Charlie Hodgson, educators, they remain strong proud to be public servants for 89 51 0627 to this day,” Ms Uibo said. education for a very long time - She thanked Maisie Kitson, pukurl-pukurlpa nyayirni (very 4. TANAMI Helen Morton, Barbara proud).” Amos Egan Martin, Yamurna Oldfield, Valerie Patterson, from 89 51 0581 Tess Ross, Fiona Gibson, Lajamanu, said it was “a very Valerie Patterson, proud moment for me. It was 5. WEST Sharon Anderson a good night to all get together Dale Satour, 89 51 0591 and Malkirdi Rose like this”. “for being such The Warlpiri Education and 6. TENNANT CREEK exceptional Training Trust first asked the Darryl “Tiger” Fitz, leaders in their education department some 89 62 2343 communities, for years ago to acknowledge 7. EASTERN inspiring Warlpiri formally the valuable work of SANDOVER children and for Yapa educators. Jesyjames Carr, helping guide World Teachers Day is 89 56 6255 many generations held every year to celebrate 8. EASTERN PLENTY of children on excellence in teaching around Richard Dodd, their paths to the world. 89 56 9722 bright futures.” Some of the Photo: Selena Uibo 9. CENTRAL women came out congratulated Barbara Michael Turner, of retirement to Martin and her colleagues. 89 56 8658 26 March 2020 NEWS Mining’s rock and friendly face IT’S rare these days for people to spend most of their working lives at the same organisation, but at the Central Land Council you can still find them. Sam Schooner is one of the special people who have been a part of the CLC family for more than 30 years. The senior administration officer in the CLC’s minerals and energy section is from the Maori community of Paroa on New Zealand’s North Island. Thirty-five years ago, she followed her husband from the small town’s green pastures to the Northern Territory’s red centre in search of work. “In 1985, my husband Joseph joined my brother and his family who were living in Alice Springs.” “Once he had enough funds to bring me and two children to Alice Springs, the move finally happened in November/ December of 1985. It was quite warm so we would go into the supermarket or shops to cool off,” Ms Schooner said. She started working for an earth moving company in town but after three years decided to apply for a typist job at the CLC. The CLC’s Sam Schooner moved to Alice Springs from the Maori community of Paroa on New Zealand’s North Island more than 30 years ago. “I worked various jobs before – NZ Forest Products, Her colleagues describe her At the memorial service of ancestors, spirits and taonga “I have enjoyed the many fruit picking and cleaning but as ‘the rock’ of her section, her dear friend and long-time (treasured items) of the land. things I’ve experienced - going no office work. I didn’t think I someone with infinite patience colleague Kathy Booth, she The physical form has gone through the transition of using had much of a chance getting and calm on whom everyone and her husband performed a back to papatuanuku (the a typewriter to computers, an interview,” she said. can depend. creating hand drawn maps to Not only did she get the job, “She is friendly, efficient, “The physical form has gone creating them electronically but the move kick started 32 kind, has a sense of humour and going into the field to years of dedication to what and is fair, decent and reliable. back to papatuanuku (the land) attend various meetings.” used to be known as the She is inspirational, ethical She reckons her bush days mining section. and unflappable. She has but the spirit lives on.” are behind her, but keeping Ms Schooner is the friendly been a loyal union member up with changing technology first point of contact who greets for decades also!” said mining - “mapping, databases and people wanting to explore and officer David Young, who has moving Maori lament. land) but the spirit lives on,” many new electronic systems” mine on Aboriginal land. known her since she started. “The speech my husband she explained. – makes for a good day in the There is little she doesn’t Ms Schooner has seen more gave was to acknowledge Ms Schooner knows that office. know about the industry in people come and go from the the Supreme Being (life with the bad times come the “Nowadays, I am more than Central Australia. CLC than most. force), custodians, guardians, good times. happy learning new things.”

From page 7: The minister also appoints Audit Office has not done Darwin decided on ABA grants dismantled and ministers from They have said that if the committee chair, who a performance audit and on the advice of the committee, both major parties insisted on traditional owners don’t have has the most power on the nobody knows if it is making and where senior land council making all the decisions about a seat at the decision-making committee and all members much difference to the lives of officers attended committee ABA grants in Canberra. table a new funding strategy must sign confidentiality Aboriginal Territorians. meetings and advised their They applied Commonwealth will fail. agreements. The reason for this is that members. financial management They want to replace the This prevents committee there is no genuine partnership Proposals were developed legislation to the ABA without ABA’s advisory committee members from giving feedback between land councils together and the outcomes asking the land councils and with a new structure that to land council members and representing traditional were much better. left everyone unaware and allows for joint decision causes confusion and division. owners and the government They had the support of confused about the new rules. making on grants. Land council staff are not If the ABA is going to make Coalition and Labor able to advise committee a difference to the lives of governments have both members because they are “If the ABA is going to make a difference Aboriginal people, we need argued that the ABA’s not allowed to see the grant to the lives of Aboriginal people, to strengthen the decision existing advisory committee applications and attend making role of land councils, arrangements, essentially committee meetings. we need to strengthen the decision making make the account more not changed since 1976, Public servants advise transparent and bring its sufficiently involve Aboriginal both the committee and the role of land councils.” administration back home to people in decision making. minister on the applications. the NT. I disagree. This is no basis for the joint that could come up with Aboriginal people and allowed I am hopeful. The committee has 14 decision making we need if the a far reaching community traditional owners to live on To their credit, the minister members elected by the land ABA is to help close the gap in and economic development homelands which allowed and the land councils are councils, but the minister still remote communities. strategy. them to survive, hold on to working on a reform process makes all the decisions about The ABA has not been In the past there was a their culture and build their that could allow ABA to be of grants and does not have to evaluated for many years. partnership of sorts, where arts and craft industry. much greater benefit to the follow the committee’s advice. The Australian National senior public servants in But then ATSIC was Aboriginal people of the NT.

March 2020 27 OBITUARIES Remembering Cookie: Carer for language and country HILDA (Cookie) Price Pwerl and muster the cows. Amelia passed away in Tennant [Kemarr] and I were both Creek last year. She lived a little girls and we would go long life and was much-loved together and bring the cows and respected for her art, back in the afternoon. We her language work and her would yard them, put the knowledge of country. calves inside and the cows She was born around 1930, outside, then go back and eat at a time when the effects of supper. the Coniston massacre were Then we’d wash the plates still being felt across Central and go back to camp to Australia, impacting on the sleep. At daybreak, when the lives of Anmatyerr, Kaytetye Daylight Star appeared, we and Warlpiri people. would go and get the cows. “I was born during ‘Murray time’, around the time of the Coniston massacre.” My mother told me that I We would round them up was born during ‘Murray early, while the boss was time’. I was born around the waiting with the bucket to do time of the Coniston massacre. the milking. The time that Murray was Pwerl’s father, Tommy Price shooting people. I was born Kemarr, worked as a stockman at the same time. That’s just on Stirling Station and when what I was told. They told me Pwerl was a teenager she that some Kaytetye people joined him. got shot at Athimpelengkwe. The boss said, ‘Well now Kaytetye, people from we can teach your daughter Akalperre, my grandmothers. about mustering so that she Supposedly they got shot and can go with you.’ ‘All right,’ their grandfathers as well. At replied my father. So then the time they were dancing I travelled around with my althart ceremonies. father. I was a stockman – Pwerl belonged to the a little girl, poor thing. We Anmatyerr country known shifted the cattle from one as Arlekwarr, partly centred waterhole to another. When on Stirling Station, where she one bore ran out of water we spent a large part of her life. shifted them to another bore In her later years she worked or well…Poor old me. I used to with the Central Land Council, watch the cattle right up until mapping out sacred sites in 12 midnight. Then I’d knock her country and negotiating off and come back. We didn’t Hilda Price Pwerl at Utopia, 1976. Photo: Toly Sawenko. the route of the Alice Springs get any money, just clothes. to Darwin railway line. Perhaps we’d get a little bit The women wanted to keep around the ‘silver bullet’ school Pwerl spoke Anmatyerr and In her younger years of money – two dollars, two going with literacy, sewing caravans at Utopia Station. Kaytetye and from the early she worked for rations pounds and we’d get a new and driving, and the following Pwerl cooked school lunches days of work on documenting alongside her families at blanket, a coat and jumper. year began to try out tie-dying, for Utopia school children in those languages she was one of Stirling, Thangkenharenge New boots. Socks for the cold woodblock printing and then one of them and then, in the the leading language experts. (Barrow Creek), Awelh time. batik. afternoons, she joined in the She helped to make the first (Woolla Downs), Athatheng Pwerl was one of the The women made batik on batik programme. wordlist of Anmatyerr in the (Woodgreen) and other places. pioneers of the Utopia T-shirts and lengths of cotton From the beginning, it was 1980s and later she was a We used to work hard, batik movement. In 1976 at first and then moved on clear that her batik style was major contributor to both the watering the garden. After the Institute for Aboriginal to silk, using brushes, and individual, spontaneous and Anmatyerr and the Kaytetye lunch mum would wash the Development (IAD) held later Indonesian tools called creative, and she painted dictionaries. plates, mum and I. After that short literacy and numeracy cantings. plants and animals from The IAD dictionary team work was finished we’d go courses for adults at Utopia. The batik classes took place her country, drawing on her spent many happy hours experiences growing up in with her at Stirling, drinking the bush. Pwerl often said endless cups of tea, and that it was important to keep discussing words and their on painting the Dreamings meanings. At the end of the that originated in her country, day’s work Pwerl would walk handed down from her back to her camp, trailed by ancestors. her beloved dogs. Batik provided opportunities Pwerl was also an expert for artists to travel far singer, knowledgeable about beyond their homelands to hand signs, ecology and destinations both interstate country, and a storyteller and overseas, and in 1994 of great skill. Her depth of Pwerl was one of 10 artists knowledge and the wisdom who went to Yogyakarta, in of her words lives on in her Indonesia, to further their artworks, in books about batik skills at the Brahma language, and in the memories Tirta Sari Studio, run by of her family and friends. Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam, two of Indonesia’s leading contemporary textile artists. By Jenny Green, with In later years Pwerl also thanks to the Price families, became a keen and popular Margaret Carew, Myfany student in Batchelor Turpin and Jenny Taylor. The Institute art classes where direct quotes from Pwerl are she experimented with print from Anmatyerr recordings making, batik, ceramics, and made with her by Jenny Kathleen Petyarr and Hilda Price Pwerl (right) making batik at Utopia, 1977. Photo: Jenny Green. painting in acrylic on canvas. Green. 28 March 2020 OBITUARIES Of kindness, care and love A MAN of kindness, care and came to the country. opened as a boarding school basketball court, football alongside of remember him love for his family, Kumanjayi When he became a he transferred to Alice Springs oval, softball pitch and the fondly. Japanangka Johnson will be father himself, and then a and finished his secondary recreation hall. “Mr Johnson was a founding remembered as someone with grandfather, he and his wife education there in 1974. These venues came in handy member of the Central Desert a gentle spirit who was always of 23 years, Robyn Lawson, Japanangka then moved when the first sports carnival Regional Council, he gave me there for people in need. He would take the family out on to Katherine and Darwin for was held in Lajamanu, in 1992, a lot of advice on community work. He started as a field and he helped to introduce the issues as well as council issues,” “Board meetings were always officer for Centrelink and the mighty Lajamanu Swans. CDRC president Adrian Dixon YMCA, working around Japanagka sat on many said. enjoyable with Japanangka keeping Top End communities, boards and councils, Former Katherine West such as Elcho Island and advocating for the rights of Health Board CEO Sean everyone happy and cheerful, with Milingimbi. his people. He chaired the Heffernan and his fellow After many years, he decided Katherine West Health Board directors described Japanangka never a dull moment.” it was time to return home to and the Lajamanu Community as someone who had a good Lajamanu. Still working for Government Council, and was sense of humour and a fun passed away on the 21st of country to pass down their the YMCA and being quite the a member of the Aboriginal and personality. June 2019. knowledge, to hunt, fish and sports fanatic, he introduced Torres Strait Islander Council, a “Board meetings were always Born on the 19th of October to visit the homelands. football, basketball and softball council and executive member enjoyable with Japanangka 1956 in Lajamanu, Japanagka Japanangka’s family was to the community. of the Central Land Council keeping everyone happy and grew up in the communitywith his pride and joy. He would As the popularity of these and a councillor of the Central cheerful, with never a dull his four sisters and six always give advice, make sports grew he helped plan the Desert Regional Council moment.” brothers. sure that there was food on (CDRC). Japanangka is survived by His stories of going to the table and protect them all His humour and com- his wife Robyn, his children Winnecke Creek as a child from harm. passion made him a Willimena, Venisha, Margaret, with his family during He valued education. treasured member Stewart, Carol, Carlos the school holidays were In 1969, he boarded on all these and Jerisha and the many treasured. It’s where his father at Kormilda College bodies, and grandchildren and great- taught him to track animals, in Darwin for those he grandchildren to whom he and told him about the land three years. worked imparted his knowledge and and its songs, making him a When Yirara wisdom and who are keeping knowledgeable man when it College his memory alive.

March 2020 29 Billie Scott and Ian Sweeney at the CLC information stall at the Uluru climb closure celebration. James Nugent and Barbara Shaw reckon the Ammaroo handback went well.

Simon Butler from Warakurna and Tapaya Edwards from Pukatja perform inma. Elder Roly Mintima from Mutitjulu leading the dance.

Josie Douglas, Jasmin Rucioch and Theresa Roe let their hair down at the celebration. Ashley Paddy, Katie Allen and Peter Norman at the Uluru climb closure celebration.

Reggie Uluru and Andre Tucker cooled off in the Mutitjulu pool ahead of the climb closure celebration.

Minister Wyatt and Barbara Shaw (right) with traditional owners at the Ammaroo handback celebration. “It is as if the country is being taken from them all over again.” After they had given the country back to the Aboriginal traditional owners, they brought in the shires, and the Intervention. Because of the Intervention there are a lot of people living here in town. They have fled from bush communities because they are frightened that they will go hungry. [Yet] they have no food and no money in town. You know it is as if the country is being taken away from them all over again. People who never lived here in this town before that are coming into Alice Springs, and there is a dark cloud hanging over the town. These people are making a real mess of our country, coming in and sitting down drinking, the poor things. They can’t live in the traditional country that has been given back to them because their income has been disrupted. How do they want Aboriginal people to live? It’s like they have been taken back to the bad old days of rations.

~ VERONICA DOBSON PERRURLE ~ Excerpt from the Central Land Council’s oral history collection Every hill got a story

For more information go to clc.org.au/every-hill-got-a-story

Photo: National Archives of Australia NAA: A1200/18, 7913408.

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