In 2022, SharingStories Foundation made presentations to the Guluga and Biamanga Boards of Management about the opportunity to collaborate on a community project and was welcomed and invited into the community to undertake consultations.

Throughout 2022-2023, consultations were undertaken with family groups between Eden and Batemans Bay, which led to the creation of a Working Group and the development of the Yuin Digital Keeping Place Project.

Funded through the National Institute of Australians Agency, the Yuin DKP Project aims to educate, inform, and build awareness and respect to assist in the process of truthing telling, and reconciliation. The project will also build capacity for self-representation and a legacy for current and future generations, and the wider community.

The Project Working Group has been meeting quarterly throughout 2024-2025 to direct the planning and development of the project and advise on the collation, recording, and curation of cultural content for the Digital Keeping Place.

The online Digital Keeping Place will host more than 150 short films, along with photos and articles drawn from the Working Group’s personal collections along with local, state, and national archives. Three online dictionaries (Dhurga, Djiringandj and Dhawa) will also be developed as part of the project and embedded within the website.

SharingStories Foundation has commenced film production and visual design workshops with the Project Working Group, and engaged pro bono partner Deloitte Digital to undertake research and development of the Digital Keeping Place. The DKP will be launched in late 2025.

Current Project Working Group Members
Bunja Smith, Trish Ellis, BJ Cruse, Vivienne Mason, Warren Foster, Lynne Thomas, Cheryl Davison, Gary Campbell, and Lorraine Naylor (passed).