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We would like to acknowledge Wynston Shovellor-Sesar, for his recent role in the repatriation of his family members back to Western Australia. In 2010, Wynston created an important digital story about his people, the Karajarri people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia as part of a SharingStories program. He has recently returned from the […]

As Elders pass away, many take with them the language and the precious knowledge of their country and culture that teaches younger generations how to live in a sustainable relationship with respect to the earth and each other. This week at SharingStories Jennifer Milgin started as the new Nyikina Language Worker, learning from her Grandmother,

Gija Elders have determined all the ways for Gija people to make and use a new Language App with SharingStories! This week, Dolorosa Carrington, Bessie Daylight, Mark Nodea and Nancy Nodea are adding the first entries of Gija alphabet sounds into the App. The new dictionary will be community owned and controlled and will initially

We would like to congratulate Annie Nayina Milgin for her induction into the WA Women’s Hall of fame! Annie is a senior Nyikina woman and has served as a SharingStories board member since we began. Annie lives in the Jarlmadangah Burru Community in Western Kimberley and has recently retired from her role in managing the

This week we began our Victoria program in beautiful Jaara Country, facilitating workshops in Castlemaine and Bendigo. We felt an extremely warm welcome to this beautiful part of the world, thanks to our Dja Dja Wurrung host, Elder Rick Nelson, the St. Peter’s Primary and Meeting Place staff from Nalderun Community Organisation, volunteers and students.

Hi all. Sorry we haven’t posted in a little while, we have been preparing for the opening of A Song For Country. This exhibition of photographs by SharingStories Foundation Director Liz Thompson and cultural information sharing by Ṉäkarrma Mark Guyula celebrates cultural richness and diversity and offers insight into Indigenous connection to Country and Culture.

Teachers, are you looking for valuable resources featuring relevant Australian, Indigenous and environmental content? Yulu’s Coal and multiple other Indigenous stories can be further explored by teachers and students through use of our Sharing Our Stories Teachers Resources 2.  The resource is a follow on from our Sharing Our Stories Series 1 Resource which won the 2009 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing

“This story has been passed on to me by my grandfather, my father, my uncle and my elder brothers, and I’m going to pass it on to my younger generation. It’s come down through the male line becasue it’s an important story for men. It’s about initiation, and men are really the ones involved in

In November 2013, SharingStories director Liz Thompson returned to Adnyamathanha Country with Taz Miller and Gavin Spokes, working with senior Cultural Custodian Cliff Coulthard and other senior Custodians to document more of Yulu the Kingfisher Man’s journey, for ABC Radio National. Guided by Cliff, we traversed Adnyamthanha Country for two weeks, meeting Elders who shared