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25.01.2022 Emu chicks hatching - Brewarrina NSW Photo: Brewarrina Visitor's Information and Exhibition Centre

25.01.2022 NAIDOC Week 4-11 July ~ HEAL COUNTRY 'Aboriginal people talk about Country in the same way that they would talk about a person: they speak to Country, sing to Country, visit Country, worry about Country, feel sorry for Country, and long for Country. People say that Country knows, hears, smells, takes notice, takes care, is sorry or happy Country is a living entity with a yesterday, today and tomorrow, with a consciousness and a will toward life'. D. Rose First Nation...s ancient knowledge systems have maintained, soothed and restored Country for tens of thousands of years. Listen deeply to First Nations Peoples who lead the way and change systems to support Country's 'will toward life' which is intrinsically intertwined with ours. NAIDOC poster by Guubi Gubbi woman, Maggie-Jean Douglas Download a copy of the poster here: https://buff.ly/3mn8Whs

25.01.2022 Reposting on National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day - today and everyday ‘I am my Community I am my Family I am my Country I am the dances of many Countries... I am my traditions I am 60,000 years old I am my Peoples laughter I am my family's resilience I am my Peoples history I am my Ancestors I am my Peoples struggle I am my Dreaming I am my language I am my culture I am learning in two worlds I am deadly I am proud I am an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child I AM THE FUTURE’ Video: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Whole Child

25.01.2022 Going on holidays? A long car trip with the kids? Take some music with you, that both you and your children will love CDs and downloads @ www.auntywendysmob.com

24.01.2022 Lullabies in language for little ones

24.01.2022 FREE THE FLAG Art design: Elizabeth Close Arts

23.01.2022 Beautiful and timely cover of Kev Carmody’s song The Gurindji Strike ~ The Wave Hill Walk Off ~ On 23rd August, 1966, Gurindji tribal Elder Vincent Lingiari led 200 Aboriginal workers off their jobs at the Wave Hill cattle station, 800 kilometres south of Darwin, where they worked for the British pastoral company Vestey. It was a strike that would last 7 years! The Gurindji's complaints included low wages and poor conditions but the focus of the campaign moved from workers...' rights to Land Rights. The seven year Gurindji strike was successful and is a foundational moment in the Aboriginal Land Rights movement in Australia!

22.01.2022 The six season cycle!

22.01.2022 Adnyamathanha Country! Permission was received years ago, to include Adnyamathanha mob in the first verse of the song, ‘happy to be me’ on the album of the same name. ‘Adnyamathanha’ is the very first word you hear on the first track ... Flinders Rangers, South Australia. Image: ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite 2019

20.01.2022 Darumbal and Yiman man Trent White picked up a camera to help First Nations' clans preserve their cultures one photo at a time. Darumbal and Torres Strait... Islander mother Kayleen Adidi, and her son Jundamarli, were photographed at Hedlow Creek in central Queensland. More: https://ab.co/3hYlpGq See more

19.01.2022 'Tucker' is a song on the 'happy to be me' CD, adapted into a picture book. Illustrated by Wiradjuri artist, Narelle Urquhart, the lyrics and art depict traditional and contemporary scenarios around tucker and family. Here's a sneak peak: 'Noongar kids, we love our tucker, love to eat up all our food. When our mob all get together, sharing is the golden rule'.... Indigenous mob some time ago, ate from the bush and loved it so. Hunting, collecting from the land...no white sugar and food in cans!' Koori kids, living in the city, we eat out on Saturday night. Great to try new tasty dishes and lick our lips after every bite.' Tucker ~ BOOK/CD available @ SHOP www.auntywendysmob.com

19.01.2022 Today, on the eve of the 26 January, we mourn the coming day, when the invasion of Aboriginal lands changed everything for First Nations Peoples and we celebrate the deep resilience of Aboriginal Peoples and the survival of the oldest, continuous living cultures in the world. 'Kulila' is written by Yankunytjatjara woman, Ali Cobby Eckermann. Her poem, Kulila insists on 'remembering as a moral act'. I will be listening to First Nations Peoples tomorrow as they remember what t...his day means to them KULILA (LISTEN) sit down sorry camp might be one week might be long long time tell every little story when the people was alive tell every little story more don’t forget ’em story night time tell ’em to the kids keep every story live don’t change ’em story tell ’em straight out story only one way story all around ’em story every place we been every place killing place sit down here real quiet way you can hear ’em crying all them massacre mobs sit down here real quiet you can feel ’em dying all them massacre mobs hearts can’t make it up when you feel the story you know it’s true tell every little story when the people was alive tell every little story more might be one week now might be long long time sit down sorry camp Kulila by Abi Cobby-Eckerman from ‘Inside My Mother’ (c) 2011

19.01.2022 The story of ‘Insects' gives children a lot to think about! For example, what would you do if you saw a beetle lying on its back, turned upside down and can’t get back on the track? How would you feel if you heard a butterfly weeping cause its wings had been pulled off and now... it can't fly. Would you help a grasshopper find its way outside if it was lost in your room? And if you saw a line of ants on their way home, would you step on them or leave them alone? ... Yep, lots to think and talk about! Incredible art by Kowanyama State School kids students SHOP @ www.auntywendysmob.com

18.01.2022 Today is National Sorry Day, marking 24 years since the 'Bringing Them Home' Report, documenting the experiences of the Stolen Generations and intergenerational trauma caused by Invasion and the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, communities and Country. This shocking trauma continues to impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. And still, today children continue to be removed from kin. Sorry means you don’t do it again! Credit: Wiradjuri Elder and artist, Aunty Fay Moseley's 'One Way Ticket to Hell' depicts the moment she was taken away from her parents and sent to Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls when she was just 10 years old.

18.01.2022 ‘This story’s right, this story’s true’ Archie Roach

18.01.2022 Opening in 2022, Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School will be the first bilingual Aboriginal independent school to be established in NSW! It is the culmination of the vision and passion of the Gumbaynggirr people to prioritise their culture, language and philosophy at the forefront of their children’s learning Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School will be located in the heartland of Gumbaynggir Country in Coffs Harbour will be administered by Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Abo...riginal Corporation, the CEO and Principal. The school will have 100% Aboriginal student enrolment and begin with K-Yr 2.

17.01.2022 Torres Strait Islander traditional dance ~ the passing on of culture... and he’s totally feeling it

16.01.2022 A poem from her book, 'Living on Stolen Land' by Ambelin Kwaymullina ~ a Palyku woman of the Pilbara region of WA. https://ambelin-kwaymullina.com.au Always Was. Always Will Be ... Magabala Books Repost: Well Read Bookshop

16.01.2022 CELEBRATING NATIONAL ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CHILDREN'S DAY ~ PROUD IN CULTURE, STRONG IN SPIRIT ~ TODAY & EVERY DAY ~ Amazing photo by Wayne Quilliam @www.Aboriginal.photography

15.01.2022 History was made in Q'Land, today! Cynthia Lui MP introduces legislation that will finally recognise Torres Strait Islander cultural adoption. Cynthia Lui said the bill would restore respect and dignity for children adopted under the traditional practice. 'With the introduction of 'Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa' (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Bill 2020, Q'land recognises cultural practices maintained for hundreds of generations and acknowledges th...e truth of a non-Indigenous system that is not designed to value those practices. This Bill seeks a path to a reconciled future...'. Lance McCallum MP See more

15.01.2022 NAIDOC WEEK 2020 ALWAYS WAS. ALWAYS WILL BE ... EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR!

15.01.2022 Waijungbah Jarjums ~ a new midwifery program practiced at the Gold Coast University Hospital, Q'land. Thirty babies have taken part in a smoking ceremony, marking the first time the traditional event has been held for babies in the city. Waijungbah Jarjums offers continuity of care by an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander midwife and child-health nurse from conception through to the child's 2nd birthday. There is also a fathers support group. Clinical midwife consultan...t for the Waijungbah Jarjums program, Cassandra Nest said, 'Babies born through the Indigenous midwifery program were more likely to have higher birth weights; are 6 times less likely to be born prematurely and 11 times less likely to have a low birth weight than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies born from mothers who did not have access to such care. 'The program connects people to their culture, it provides them with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander advocate," Ms Nest said. 'We know that that improves engagement with services which then in turn improves their experience of the service. Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander women are less likely to experience racism and it also improves outcomes so it assists with closing the gap as well. Our babies were fatter, our mums were healthier, they were discharged home earlier so we've been able to make an immense difference.' Photo: Sarah Cumming

15.01.2022 Kids on Our Block ~ adapted from the song on the 'happy to be me' CD and illustrated by the amazing, Blak Douglas! www.blakdouglas.com.au Check out the fun the kids get up to... in the summer, autumn, winter and spring. 'Kid's on our block, we really rock. ... Know how to play Indigenous way. Look out for each other and do what's right. Big mob together, a deadly sight! SHOP @ www.auntywendysmob.com See more

14.01.2022 January 26th is a Day of Mourning for First Nations Peoples. ‘First Nations children, families and Communities have lived on these lands for millennia. It was never ceded. Now others enjoy these lands while First Nations Peoples continue to struggle for their rights and justice...' Reposted Children's Ground

13.01.2022 26th January...not far away. ‘Sorry Day' read by the author, Coral Vass and Dub Leffler who illustrated this book so beautifully.

13.01.2022 Kids and water

12.01.2022 'Special Land' ~ a song that's illustrated by Kowanyama State school students is from the 'happy to be me' series. The 2021 NAIDOC theme, 'Heal Country' makes it a good one to have on your bookshelf. Check sample pgs @ www.auntywendysmob.com Beautiful background painting, 'Pilbara Rocks' by Elizabeth Toby

11.01.2022 Wow! Photo taken by Daniel Metcalf of salt lakes between Dalwallinu and Ballidu on a flight from the Wheatbelt to Geraldton in WA It could just as easily be a canvas painting of Country Wetland ecologist, Adrian Pinder told NASA Earth in 2015 that WA's salt lakes differ in colour as a result of differing sediments, aquatic and terrestrial plant growth, water chemistry, algae, and hydrology. Insta @danmetcalf

10.01.2022 Whose afraid of The Hairy One...not me! It’s the story we love best ‘Snuggled up in blankets on a starry night The campfire gives a gentle light Camped out bush, far away from home... Uncle tells the story of the Hairy One The story starts and we lean in close A little bit scary but that's what we like the most......' Can you spot the Hairy One hiding behind the bushes? Illustrated by Aunty Elaine Russell The Hairy One is a book and also song on the 'happy to be me' CD @ www.auntywendysmob.com

09.01.2022 Rowan & friend - Warruwi, South Goulburn Island (off Arnhem Land NT). Photo @George F Photography Reposted ABC Indigenous

09.01.2022 It's ‘Reconciliation Week’ but shouldn't we be calling it, ‘Conciliation Week.' It's just a word but has a vastly different meaning. 'Conciliation' is 'the action of bringing peace and harmony; the action of ending strife'. 'Reconciliation', on the other hand means 'the re-establishment of friendly relations' and assumes there was an initial, positive relationship to begin with. In Australia's case, there never were 'friendly relations' due to Invasion and the devastating..., ongoing traumatic consequences of that. First Nations Peoples people have nothing, nothing to reconcile. It's non-Aboriginal Australia that need to do this work. Amplify Aboriginal voices; listen deeply; get more educated about the true history of Australia; make amends and stop the injustices that are continuing to be brought on the oldest, continuous living culture and Peoples in the world. This is whitefullas work to do...let's do it!

09.01.2022 MABO DAY On June 3, 1992, the High Court overturned the legal concept of ‘terra nullius’ which presumed that Australia belonged to no-one before Invasion and therefore stripped Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of their traditional rights to their lands and attempted to sever connections to cultures dating back 65,000 years. About Eddie Mabo: Eddie Koiki Sambo was born on June 29, 1936 on the Torres Strait island of Mer (also known as Murray Island). His moth...er died during childbirth and he was raised by his mother's brother, Benny Mabo, whose surname he adopted. Mabo settled in the Queensland city of Townsville in 1959 with his wife, Bonita. He was an activist for the Torres Strait Islander community and co-founded with Bonita, one of Australia's first black community schools. In 1974, while working as a gardener at James Cook University, Mabo learned that his island, Mer was Crown land owned by the Australian government and not by the Meriam people! Mabo gave a speech about Mer's land inheritance system at a Land Rights Conference in 1981, and a lawyer in the audience suggested there should be a test case to claim land rights in court. A year later, Mabo and four other Meriam people, Celuia Mapo Salee, James Rice, David Passi and Sam Passi took their legal claim for ownership of the lands of Mer to the High Court.and won!

08.01.2022 NEVER TOO YOUNG! Indigenous Literacy Day ~ a national celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, stories and language Selena Uibo: Member for Arnhem, says that the Northern Territory Govt and the The Indigenous Literacy Foundation worked together to distribute more than 5000 picture books, translated into Aboriginal languages throughout the Families as First Teachers sites in the NT, to help close the literacy gap. Photo credit: unknown

07.01.2022 "WE ARE THE ELDERS OF TOMORROW ~ HEAR OUR VOICE!’ National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day ~ 4 August 2020 Filming the Eveleigh St verse of ‘Red, Black & Yellow' on The Block, Redfern 2016 ... Photo: Barbara McGrady See more

07.01.2022 "Thank You Very Much! C.D. has been received. We love your music!!!! " Just received this email from Jess Shwarz

07.01.2022 ‘I came from the Dreamtime, from the dusty red soil plains. I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame. I stood upon the rocky shores and watched the tall ships come. For 40,000 I’ve been the First Australian.‘ These sisters

07.01.2022 The launch of Madjitil Moorna Choir Aboriginal Songbook for Schools and Communities Volume 2- featuring songs by all local Aboriginal artists at the Perth Cultural Centre, today ‘So many good songs in here to connect kids with culture, heritage, boodja (Country) and the Noongar Seasons'. Repost Koorlong Go to Madjitil Moorna Choir to buy the Songbook.

07.01.2022 Cucumbers and meditation Last week, Ampe-kenhe Ahelhe, Children's Ground Central Australia educators ran any Early Years session focused on mindfulness with Mpweringke Anapipe families. Children experienced meditation, breathing, painting and rock yoga. After completing a six-minute meditation where children were guided to listen to the sounds around them and focus on being present, they were encourage to map the sounds they heard. ... "I can hear Gallah! said Jayla. "I heard birds behind us! said Rekiah. During this session, children demonstrated a huge growth in their ability to sit, slow their minds and breathing and be present. At Children's Ground, we know it’s important to regularly integrate these health sessions into Learning activities to promote healing and wellbeing." Children's Ground

06.01.2022 Repost @antiracist education now via @olas-truth via @dr.bshbazz

06.01.2022 Beautiful way to finish NAIDOC Week or any week of the year with Ash Barty fulfilling her childhood dream of winning Wimbledon

05.01.2022 Gugaa - goanna in Wiradjuri - sculpted by Glen Star stands proud at 20 metres tall... 4 kms from Forbes, NSW! Naidoc in Condobolin

04.01.2022 The Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Bill 2020 ~ passes the Queensland Parliament, recognising in law the traditional child rearing practices of Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal Peoples.

04.01.2022 Bruce Shillingsworth ‘Yaama When Mum Ruby is on country her memory comes alive again and starts to remember how she survived on country’ murrawaricountry

03.01.2022 Will your children be singing and dancing to the Aunty Wendy's Mob songs during this year’s NAIDOC Week...and every day, inbetween? Dance 'moves' and song extension ideas in the accompanying Teacher Resource Books. Available @ www.auntywendysmob.com Background print: Artist unknown

03.01.2022 Love Dion’s ‘Too Many Cheeky Dogs’ book..now it’s a mural!

03.01.2022 ‘When Indigenous people’s are not consulted or have not created the art, it lacks true authenticity and damages the cultural identity of Indigenous peoples. It’s not only disrespectful but on a wider level, misappropriation may only show only one part of Indigenous culture and not its deep and rich surviving heritage.’ Lena-Jade Cochrane, Gamilaraay artist, Mirii Designs

02.01.2022 ALWAYS WAS. ALWAYS WILL BE. Artist: Kathryn Dodd Farrawell

02.01.2022 NAIDOC theme announced: 2021 HEAL COUNTRY ‘Aboriginal people talk about Country in the same way that they would talk about a person: Aboriginal people speak to Country, sing to Country, visit Country, worry about Country, feel sorry for Country, and long for Country. Aboriginal people say that Country knows, hears, smells, takes notice, takes care, is sorry or happy Country is a living entity with a yesterday, today and tomorrow, with a consciousness and a will toward life.' Rose, D. '(96) Nourishing Terrains.

01.01.2022 Too beautiful singing in language, too

01.01.2022 Heads up: early childhood teachers in the Sydney area: ‘Connect with us if you would like to partner or consult on local culture. 'Sydney Gadigal Decendants' is a local Sydney based collective of Traditional Descendants to the Sydney Basin who trace their ancestry back pre-contact. We are the living knowledge holders for Gadigal living Cultures and the keep our knowledges of our ancestors survival within the Colonial Project.’ PROTOCOL